Jane Addams

Luca Prono (Universita degli Studi di Bologna)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.3: American (US) Writing and Culture: The Early Twentieth-century , 1900-1945.
Vol. editors: J. Michael Duvall (College of Charleston), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Tony Papanikolas (San Jose State University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

Dates

Born 6 Sep 1860
Died 1935
Activity 1880-1935

Places

Born in United States
Active in United States

Activities

Primary

Cultural Theorist/ Critic
Essayist
Reformer

Resources

Addams' Works

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Jane Addams was one of the most influential social reformers and cultural critics in the United States. Although her name is usually associated with the establishment of the Hull House Settlement in Chicago, Addams campaigned for every major reform issue of her times, and, in 1931, she was co-awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace with Nicholas Murray Butler. She supported fairer conditions on the workplace for both men and women, tenement regulation, juvenile-court law, women's suffrage and women's rights. She worked closely with social workers, politicians, labor and immigrant groups to achieve her purposes and she was not afraid of taking controversial stances. Her campaign against U.S. entry into the First World War, for example, made her the target of anti-red paranoia and caused her to…

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Citation: Prono, Luca. "Jane Addams". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 16 November 2009 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=35, accessed 26 November 2024.]