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Book SynopsisDocumenting a transitional period in the life of the preeminent American social activist and writer
Trade Review"The papers are wisely chosen and elegantly arranged in an engaging narrative that will captivate and satisfy readers and scholars."--
Journal of Illinois History"The biographical essays are engaging and accessible; the documents themselves are full of interest. Those who wish to delve into the endnotes' thickets of detail will be richly rewarded with concrete information and with leads for further research. . . . I read these volumes with awe."--
Peace & Change"This important and intriguing work will interest all of those who are fascinated by Jane Addams, as well as general readers interested in life in the 1880s, upper-middle-class family life, European travel, and medical education for women."--Allen F. Davis, author of
American Heroine: The Life and Legend of Jane Addams "A fascinating collection, illuminating Jane Addams's transition to an independent adult life dedicated to social reform. The book will be indispensable not only for scholars, but also for teachers and students interested in women's education and for young women on the brink of deciding their own futures."--Gwendolyn Mink, author of
Welfare’s End"Informed by the most up-to-date historiography, this second volume of Jane Addams's letters examines a complicated period of apprenticeship and the influences and desires that made Addams such a towering figure. Scholars of women's history and gender will find this volume indispensable. It will also appeal to those interested in the emergence of political and social reform, religious secularism, women's education, and the inner lives, choices, and attitudes of a changing Victorian middle class."--Regina Morantz-Sanchez, author of
Conduct Unbecoming a Woman: Medicine on Trial in Turn-of-the-Century BrooklynTable of ContentsList of Illustrations
xiii Acknowledgments
xvii Introduction
xxv Editorial Method
xli Abbreviations and Symbols
xlvii PART 1
Fitted for a Life of Usefulness, 1881-83 Introduction
3 DOCUMENTS
[ca. late June 1881], from Ellen Gates Starr
43 14 July 1881, from Sarah F. Anderson
44 7 Aug. 1881, from Martha Thomas
46 17 Aug. 1881, from Helen Harrington
50 21 Aug. 1881, from Isaac E. Carey
51 21 Aug. 1881, from Sarah F. Anderson
51 21 Aug. 1881, from Ellen Gates Starr
55 22 Aug. 1881, from Charles Caverno
56 26 Aug. 1881, from John Manning Linn
57 29 Aug. 1881, from T. H. Haseltine
59 3 Sept. 1881, to Ellen Gates Starr
59 10 Sept. 1881, to Ellen Gates Starr
59 11 Sept. 1881, from Sarah F. Anderson
61 16 Sept. 1881, from Mary P. Ellwood
64 21 [and 22] Sept. 1881, from Martha Thomas
66 22 [ and 27] Sept. 1881, from Eleanor Frothingham
68 1 Oct. 1881, from Helen Harrington
70 4 Oct. 1881, from Mary Catherine Addams Linn
71 26 Oct. 1881, from Sarah F. Anderson
74 16 Nov. 1881, from Sarah F. Anderson
80 19 Dec. 1881, from Sarah F. Anderson
83 24 Dec. 1881, from Sarah F. Blaisdell
84 30 Dec. 1881, from Emma L. Briggs
87 1 Jan. 1882, from Ellen Gates Starr
93 11 Jan. 1882, from Sarah F. Anderson
97 7 [and 9] Feb. 1882, from Sarah F. Anderson
98 11 Feb. 1882, from Laura A. Malburn
100 12 Feb. 1882, from George Bowman Haldeman
103 9 Mar. 1882, from Helen Harrington
106 19 Mar. 1882, to Ellen Gates Starr
108 29 Mar. 1882, from Sarah F. Anderson
108 9 Apr. 1882, from Ellen Gates Starr
109 11 [and 12] Apr. 1882, from Sarah F. Anderson
111 15 Apr. 1882, from Helen Harrington
113 14 May 1882, from Ellen Gates Star
r 116 1 June 1882, from George Bowman Haldeman
117 [4 June?] [1882], from Sarah F. Anderson
119 6 June 1992, from Sarah F. Anderson
120 8 June 1882, from Mary P. Ellwood
122 [21 June] 1882, Commencement Report in the
Rockford Seminary Magazine 124 26 July 1883, from John Weber Addams
129 29 Aug. 1882, from Sarah F. Blaisdell
131 1 Sept. 1882, from Mary P. Ellwood
133 10 Sept. 1882, from Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
134 22 Oct. 1882, from Ellen Gates Starr
138 7 Jan. 1883, to Ellen Gates Starr
143 12 Jan. [1883], from Ellen Gates Starr
146i [ca. Feb.-Mar. 1883], from Anna Hostetter Haldeman Addams
148 22 Apr. 1883, from Sarah F. Anderson
152 24 Apr. 1883, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
155 24 Apr. 1883, to Ellen Gates Starr
160 25 Apr. 1883, from Ellen Gates Starr
160 25 Apr. 1883, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
161 1 May 1883, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
162 3 May 1883, from Anna P. Sill
163 7 May 1883, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
165 10 May 1883, Minutes of Special Meeting of the Rockford Female Seminary Board of Trustees
167 22 May 1883, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
169 23 May 1883, from Eva E. Townsend Clark
171 29 May 1883, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
172 5 June 1883, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
173 15 June 1883, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
176 [20 June] 1883, Speech to the Annual Meeting of the Rockford Female Seminary Alumnae Association
176 2 July 1883, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
178 3 July 1883, from Ellen Gates Starr
181 11 July 1883, to Ellen Gates Starr
182 18 July 1883, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
183 24 July 1883, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
187 8 Aug. 1883, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
188 12 Aug. 1883, to Ellen Gates Starr
189 18 Aug. 1883, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
190 PART 2
A Feverish Search after Culture, 1883-85 Introduction
197 DOCUMENTS
[22 Aug. 1883], to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
229 27 Aug. 1883, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
231 31 Aug. [and 1 Sept.] 1884[1883], to Mary Catherine Addams Linn
235 10 Sept. 1883, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
243 16 Sept. 1883, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
246 30 Sept. 1883, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
249 3[, 6, and 7] Oct. 1883, to Mary Catherine Addams Linn
259 8 Oct. 1883, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
264 17 [and 18?] Oct. 1883, to George Bowman Haldeman
266 29 Oct. 1883, to John Weber Addams
270 3 Nov. 1883, to Ellen Gates Starr
276 2 Dec. 1883, to Ellen Gates Starr
280 6 Dec. 1883, to Mary Catherine Addams Linn
283 4 Jan. 1883[1884], to George Bowman Haldeman
287 13 Jan. 1884, to Mary Catherine Addams Linn
291 17 Jan. 1883[1884], to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
293 27 Jan. 1884, to John Weber Addams
296 10 Feb. 1884, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
301 8 Mar. 1884, to George Bowman Haldeman
303 9 Mar. 1994, to Ellen Gates Starr
306 26 Apr. 1884, to Sarah F. Blaisdell
310 7 May 1884, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
321 8 June 1884, to Ellen Gates Starr
326 22 June 1884, to Ellen Gates Starr
330 20 July 1884, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
335 17 Aug. 1884, to John Weber Addams
341 17 Sept. 1884, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
348 10 Oct. 1884, to Mary Catherine Addams Linn
353 30 Nov. 1884, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
358 7 Dec. 1884, to Ellen Gates Starr
361 20 Dec. 1884, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
366 21 Feb. 1885, to Ellen Gates Starr
369 [30(29) Mar. 1885], to Ellen Gates Starr
375 19 Apr. 1885, to John Weber Addams
376 28 Apr. 1885, from Ellen Gates Starr
380 10 May 1885, to John Weber Addams
382 PART 3
Social Lessons, 1885-86 Introduction
387 DOCUMENTS
26 July 1885, from Helen Harrington
405 7 Sept. 1885, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
406 23 Oct. 1885, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
408 12 Nov. 1885, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
411 20 Nov. 1885, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
412 [29 and 30 Nov. 1885], from Ellen Gates Starr
414 3 Dec. 1885, from Ellen Gates Starr
416 4 Dec. 1885, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
419 6 Dec. 1885, to Ellen Gates Starr
421 9 Dec. 1885, to Ellen Gates Starr
422 26 Dec. 1885, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
424 3 Jan. 1886, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
425 Jan. 1885[1886], Essay in the
Rockford Seminary Magazine 426 7 Feb. 1886, to Ellen Gates Starr
433 10 Feb. 1886, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
436 17 Feb. 1886, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
439 28 Feb. 1886, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
441 7 Mar. 1886, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
444 [10 and 13 Mar.] 1886, from Ellen Gates Starr
447 11 Apr. 1886, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
451 17 July 1886, to Ellen Gates Starr
456 25 July 1886, from Helen Harrington
459 6 Aug. 1886, from George Bowman Haldeman
463 19 Aug. 1886, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
466 6 Oct. 1886, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
467 18 Oct. 1886, to Laura Shoemaker Addams
468 4 Nov. 1886, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
472 28 Dec. 1886, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
475 PART 4
Discovering a Useful Way, 1887-88 Introduction
479 DOCUMENTS
9 Feb. 1887, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
519 3 Mar. 1887, to Laura Shoemaker Addams
521 3 Apr. 1887, to Ellen Gates Starr
523 5 July 1887, to George Bowman Haldeman
526 30 Sept. 1887, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
528 8 Oct. 1887, Speech to the Rockford Female Seminary Reunion Association
532 15 Nov. 1887, List of Financial Assets Owned by Jane Addams
536 17 Nov. 1887, from Maria G. Nutting
539 27 Dec. 1887, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
542 7 Jan. 1888, to Flora Z. Guiteau
546 26 Jan. 1888, to Laura A. Malbourne[Malburn]
554 28 Jan. 1888, to Sarah Weber Addams
557 31 Jan. 1888, from John Addams Linn
562 31 Jan. 1888, from John Manning Linn and Mary Catherine Addams Linn
564 12 Feb. 1888, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
566 16 Feb. 1888, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
573 23 Feb. 1888, Ellen Gates Starr to Anna Hostetter Haldeman Addams
575 4 [and 5] Mar. 1888, Ellen Gates Starr to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
577 11 [and 14] Mar. 1888, to Laura Shoemaker Addams
578 22 Mar. 1888, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
585 6 Apr. 1888, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
588 14 Apr. 1888, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
594 25 [and 28] Apr. 1888, to Laura Shoemaker Addams
600 12 May 1888, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
608 21 May 1888, to Sarah Weber Addams
615 9 June 1888, to George Bowman Haldeman
618 14 June 1888, to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman
620 4 July 1888, to Laura Shoemaker Addams
625 Addams Family Genealogical Chart
633 Bibliography
637 Index
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