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Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1967. Jane Addams was one of the most creative thinkers and activists in the history of American social reform. She pioneered the settlement house movement. She was a leader in the attempt to relate education to the new urban environment for millions of Americans in the early twentieth century. She was a vocal advocate of the Progressive movement and active in the drive for women's rights. She was also an outstanding spokesman for international understanding and world peace. Although Jane Addams is well known as one of the originators of social work in the United States, as an early advocate of a War on Poverty, and as the proponent of ideas that led to the creation of the modern welfare state, the convictions that motivated her prodigious energy had not, prior to Dr. Farrell's investigation, been carefully examined. He traces the relation between her philanthropic principles and her Progressive politics, her feminism, and her efforts to achieve world peace. He
Table of ContentsForeword
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Rockford Female Seminary – and After
Chapter 3. Hull House – The First Decade
Chapter 4. Educational Thought
Chapter 5. Urban Recreation
Chapter 6. Climax and Dissatisfactions: The Progressive Campaign of 1912
Chapter 7. Neutrality
Chapter 8. The War Years and After
Chapter 9. Pacifism
Bibliography
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