Author: Knight, Louise W.

Price: $20.97

Category:Community & Culture Biographies
Publication Date:2010-09-06T00:00:01Z
Pages:352
Binding:Hardcover
ISBN:10:0393071650
ISBN:13:9780393071658
Jane Addams (1860-1935) was one of the leading figures of the Progressive era. This "pragmatic visionary," as Knight calls her, is best known as the creator of Hull House, a model settlement house offering training, shelter, and culture for Chicago's poor. Addams also involved herself in a long list of Progressive campaigns. Her rhetorical skills as both speaker and writer made her internationally recognized as a supporter of civil rights, woman suffrage, and labor reform.