Addams, Jane

A social reformer of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. She founded a settlement house , Hull House, in Chicago , and also worked for peace and for women's rights. In 1931, she won the Nobel Prize for peace.

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Then Jane Addams' name was tried, the same meager replies resulting.

That Miss Jane Addams has become known chiefly through other activities does not matter here.

It is almost unnecessary to call attention to the importance of a new book by Jane Addams.

Jane Addams's work at Hull-House is known throughout the civilized world.

Jane Addams made the house so cheerful and pretty that it was a joy to peep into it.

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