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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58788922 Title: Citizen : Jane Addams and the struggle for democracy Author: Louise W Knight Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2005. ISBN/ISSN: 0226446999 9780226446998 OCLC:58788922

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Citizen : Jane Addams and the struggle for democracy

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Citizen : Jane Addams and the struggle for democracy

Author:	Louise W Knight
Publisher:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2005.
Edition/Format:	Book : Biography : English
Summary:	Jane Addams was the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. This biography, covering the first half of Addams's life, reveals in detail her development as a political activist and social philosopher--we observe the powerful mind of a woman encountering the radical ideas of her age. Addams, a child of a wealthy family, longed for a life of larger purpose. After receiving an inheritance, she moved to Chi Read more... Jane Addams was the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. This biography, covering the first half of Addams's life, reveals in detail her development as a political activist and social philosopher--we observe the powerful mind of a woman encountering the radical ideas of her age. Addams, a child of a wealthy family, longed for a life of larger purpose. After receiving an inheritance, she moved to Chicago in 1889 to co-found Hull House, the city's first settlement house--a neighborhood center for education and social gatherings. As Addams learned of the abject working conditions in American factories, the unchecked power wielded by employers, the impact of corrupt local politics on city services, and the intolerable limits placed on women by their lack of voting rights, she was transformed: she came to understand that the national ideal of democracy was also a mandate for civic activism.--From publisher description.
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Named Person:	Jane Addams; Jane Addams
Material Type:	Biography, Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Louise W Knight Find more information about:
ISBN:	0226446999 9780226446998
OCLC Number:	58788922
Description:	xvi, 582 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents:	Part I: The given life, 1860-88. Self-reliance, 1822-60 -- Three mothers, 1860-73 -- Dreams, 1873-77 -- Ambition, 1877-81 -- Failure, 1881-83 -- Culture, 1883-86 -- Crisis, 1886-88 -- Part II: The chosen life, 1889-99. Chicago, 1889 -- Halsted Street, 1889-91 -- Fellowship, 1892 -- Baptism, 1893 -- Cooperation, 1893-94 -- Claims, 1894 -- Justice, 1895 -- Democracy, 1896-98 -- Ethics, 1898-99 -- Afterword: Scholarship and Jane Addams.
Responsibility:	Louise W. Knight.
More information:	Table of contents only Contributor biographical information Publisher description

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Jane Addams was the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. This biography, covering the first half of Addams's life, reveals in detail her development as a political activist and social philosopher--we observe the powerful mind of a woman encountering the radical ideas of her age. Addams, a child of a wealthy family, longed for a life of larger purpose. After receiving an inheritance, she moved to Chicago in 1889 to co-found Hull House, the city's first settlement house--a neighborhood center for education and social gatherings. As Addams learned of the abject working conditions in American factories, the unchecked power wielded by employers, the impact of corrupt local politics on city services, and the intolerable limits placed on women by their lack of voting rights, she was transformed: she came to understand that the national ideal of democracy was also a mandate for civic activism.--From publisher description.

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