Addams

[ad-uhmz]

noun

Charles (Samuel), 1912–88, U.S. cartoonist.

Jane, 1860–1935, U.S. social worker and writer: Nobel peace prize 1931.

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Addams (ˈædəmz)

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	Jane. 1860--1935, US social reformer, feminist, and pacifist, who founded Hull House, a social settlement in Chicago: Nobel peace prize 1931

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