Jane Addams

Addams, Jane - 1860–1935, American social worker, b. Cedarville, Ill., grad. Rockford College, 1881. In 1889, with Ellen Gates Starr, she founded Hull House in Chicago, one of the first social settlements in the United States (see settlement house). Based on the university settlements begun in England by Samuel Barnett, Hull House served as a community center for the neighborhood poor and Read More...

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Jane Addams and the Dream of American Democracy: A Life
by Jean Bethke Elshtain. 327 pgs.

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In this eagerly anticipated interpretation of the life and work of quintessential "public intellectual" Jane Addams (1860-1935), Jean Bethke Elshtain explores Addams's legacy thematically and chronologically, recounting her embrace of "social feminism, " her challenge to the usual cleavage between "conservative" and "liberal, " and the growth of Chicago's famed Hull House into a thriving cultural and intellectual center. Jane Addams and the Dream of American Democracy is a rich and revealing portrait of one of the most extraordinary figures in American history.

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Also by Jean Bethke Elshtain

Contents

Acknowledgments

Credits

Chronology

Books by Jane Addams

Hull-House Firsts

Preface: Interpreting a Life

Introduction: Looking for Jane Addams's America

1: The Snare of Preparation

2: One Pilgrim's Progress

3: Imagining Hull-House

4: The Family Claim and the Social Claim

5: Compassion without Condescension

6: Woman's Remembering Heart

7: Life Has Marked Us with Its Slow Stain

8: Solidarity Which Will Not Waver

Afterword

Notes

Index

About the Author
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Jane Addams: A Centennial Reader
by Jane Addams. 330 pgs.

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Preface

Prefatory Note On Jane Addams' LIfe

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Introduction

Social Work

Position of Women

Child Welfare

The Arts

Trade Unions and Labor

Civil Liberties

International Peace

References
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Twenty Years at Hull-House: With Autobiographical Notes
by Jane Addams. 470 pgs.

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Preface

Plates

Illustrations in the Text

Chapter I: Earliest Impressions

Chapter II: Influence of Lincoln

Chapter III: Boarding-School Ideals

Chapter IV: The Snare of Preparation

Chapter V: First Days at Hull-House

Chapter VI: The Subjective Necessity for Social Settlements

Chapter VII: Some Early Undertakings at Hull-House

Chapter VIII: Problems of Poverty

Chapter IX: A Decade of Economic Discussions

Chapter X: Pioneer Labor Legislation in Illinois

Chapter XI: Immigrants and Their Children

Chapter XII: Tolstoyism

Chapter XIII: Public Activities and Investigations

Chapter XIV: Civic Cooperation

Chapter XV: The Value of Social Clubs

Chapter XVI: Arts at Hull-House

Chapter XVII: Echoes of the Russian Revolution

Chapter XVIII: Socialized Education

Index
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The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets
by Jane Addams. 168 pgs.

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Chapter I Youth and the City

Chapter II The Wrecked Foundations of Domesticity

Chapter III The Quest for Adventure

Chapter IV The House of Dreams

Chapter V The Spirit of Youth and Industry

Chapter VI The Thirst for Righteousness
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Peace and Bread in Time of War
by Jane Addams. 257 pgs.

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Peace and Bread in Time of War

Foreword

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Peace and Bread in Time of War

Chapter I: At the Beginning of the Great War

Chapter II: The Neutral Conference Plus the Ford Ship

Chapter III: President Wilson's Policies and the Women's Peace Party

Chapter IV: A Review of Bread Rations and Woman's Traditions

Chapter V: A Speculation on Bread Labor and War Slogans

Chapter VI: After War Was Declared

Chapter VII: Personal Reactions during War

Chapter VIII: In Europe during the Armistice

Chapter IX: The Aftermath of War

Chapter X: A Food Challenge to the League of Nations

Chapter XI: In Europe after Two Years of Peace

An After Word

Appendix: Women's International League for Peace and Freeodm
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A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil
by Jane Addams. 219 pgs.

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Preface

Chapter I An Analogy

Recent Legal Enactments

Chapter II Recent Legal Enactments

Chapter III Amelioration of Economic Conditions

Chapter IV Moral Education and Legal Protection of Children

Chapter V Philanthropic Rescue and Prevention

Chapter VI Increased Social Control
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Against the Tide: Women Reformers in American Society ("Jane Addams and the Settlement House Movement" begins on p. 85)
by Paul A. Cimbala, Randall M. Miller. 172 pgs.

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Against the Tide is a collection of in-depth biographical essays on the most important women reformers in American history. This reader will be useful in any history course that deals with the important contributions made by women to the development of our government and society from the early republic to today. The volume combines scholarly vitality with readability, making it appropriate for all levels of students.

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Preface

Introduction

Catharine Beecher and Domestic Relations

Notes

Bibliography

Mary Ann Shadd Cary and Black Abolitionism

Notes

Bibliography

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Woman's Rights Movement

Notes

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Dorothea Dix and Mental Health Reform

Notes

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Frances Willard and Temperance

Notes

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Jane Addams and the Settlement House Movement

Notes

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Ida Wells-Barnett and the African-American Anti-Lynching Campaign

Notes

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Jessie Daniel Ames and the White Women's Anti- Lynching Campaign

Notes

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Margaret Sanger and the Birth Control Movement

Notes

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Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker Movement

Notes

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Betty Friedan and the National Organization for Women

Notes

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Index

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Creating the American State: The Moral Reformers and the Modern Administrative World They Made (Chap. 5 "Jane Addams: The Call from the Inner Light for Social Reform")
by Richard J. Stillman II. 212 pgs.

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Preface

1: Introduction From Whence the American State?

2: George William Curtis Leading Missionary for Merit

3: Charles Francis Adams, Jr. The Conscience of the Sunshine Commission

4: Emory Upton Prophet for Public Professionalism

5: Jane Addams The Call from the Inner Light For Social Reform

6: Frederick W. Taylor Latter-Day Puritan as Scientific Manager

7: Richard S. Childs Minister for the Council-Manager Plan

8: Louis Brownlow Apostle of Administrative Management

9 Conclusion American State Creation As Moral Transformation

Notes

Bibliographic Essay

Index

About the Author
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Men, Women, and Issues in American History, Vol. II (Chap. 8 "Variations on the Progressive Theme: Jane Addams, Robert M. La Follette, Theodore Roosevelt")
by Howard H. Quint, Milton Cantor. 302 pgs.

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THE DORSEY SERIES IN HISTORY

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1: Organizing and Rationalizing American Capitalism JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER ANDREW CARNEGIE J. PIERPONT MORGAN

2: Social Science and the New Industrial Society WILLIAM GRAHAM SUMNER LESTER FRANK WARD THORSTEIN BUNDE VEBLEN

3: Three Faithful Sceptics at the Gate of Modernity HENRY ADAMS WILLIAM JAMES OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, JR.

4: Establishing a Philosophy for American Labor SAMUEL GOMPERS TERENCE POWDERLY BILL HAYWOOD

5: Removing the Welcome Mat: Changing Perceptions of the Immigrant CHARLES W. ELIOT HENRY CABOT LODGE EDWARD A. BOSS

6: Alternative Roads for the Black Man BOOKER T. WASHINGTON WILLIAM E. B. DU BOIS MARCUS GARVEY

7: Breaking through the Male Barrier ELIZABETH CADY STANTON EMILY JAMES PUTNAM CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN

8: Variations on the Progressive Theme JANE ADDAMS ROBERT M. LA FOLLETTE THEODORE ROOSEVELT

9: Race, Ideology, and World Order ALBERT BEVERIDGE WOODROW WILSON WILLIAM E. BORAH

10: Piety, Profits, and Play: The 1920s BRUCE BARTON HENRY FORD BABE RUTH

11: The Triumph of Political Caution FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT NORMAN THOMAS ROBERT TAFT

12: McCarthyism: Everyman as a Potential Subversive HARRY S. TRUMAN WHITTAKER CHAMBERS JOSEPH MCCARTHY

13: Seeking Equality in White America WALTER WHITE MARTIN LUTHER KING MALCOLM X

14: The Presidential Mystique JOHN F. KENNEDY LYNDON B. JOHNSON RICHARD M. NIXON
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Women Public Speakers in the United States, 1800-1925: A Bio-critical Sourcebook ("Jane Addams (1860-1935), Champion of the Poor, Advocate for Peace, Suffragist" begins on p. 1)
by Karlyn Kohrs Campbell. 512 pgs.

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This biographical dictionary, the first of two companion volumes, gives new recognition to early women orators--those who spoke despite efforts to silence them. Following Campbell's introductory chapter, the volume provides extensive entries on 37 key orators. Subjects include suffragists, the first lawyers, ministers, physicians, labor organizers, newspaper editors and publishers, historians, educators, even soldiers. Each entry provides brief biographical information, then focuses on the woman's public life in discourse. Each entry includes an analysis of the subject's rhetoric and information on primary sources, critical works, key rhetorical documents, and selected sources of historical and biographical information. The work is fully indexed.

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Introduction

Sources

Abbreviations

Jane Addams (1860-1935), Champion of the Poor, Advocate for Peace, Suffragist

Conclusion

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Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906), Radical Egalitarian of Woman's Right

Conclusion

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Clara Barton (1821-1912), Advocate for the American Red Cross

Sources

Conclusion

Belva Bennett McNall Lockwood (1830-1917), Lawyer, Equal Rights Advocate, Presidential Candidate

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Clara Bewick Colby (1846-1916), A "Free Lance" Leader and Spokesperson

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Antoinette Brown Blackwell (1825-1921), Speaker, Writer, and First Ordained Woman Minister

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902), Woman's Rights Philosopher, Speaker, and Writer

Conclusion

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Victoria Claflin Woodhull (1838-1927), A Radical for Woman's Rights

Conclusion

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Laura Clay (1849-1941), A Southern Voice for Woman's Rights

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Mary Clyens Lease (1850-1933), "Raising Hell": for Populism and Woman's Rights

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Lucretia Coffin Mott (1793-1880), Religious Reformer and Advocate of the Oppressed

Conclusion

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Voltairine de Cleyre (1866-1912), Anarchist Feminist

Note

Conclusion

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Anna E. Dickinson (1842-1932), Stump Speaker, Woman's Rights Advocate, Lyceum Star

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Margaret Dreier Robins (1868-1945), Rhetorical Link between Two Great Social Movements

Conclusion

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Rosa Fassel Sonneschein (1847-1932), Editor and Publisher of the American Jewess

Conclusion

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Emma Goldman (1869-1940), Feminist Anarchist

Conclusion

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Angelina Grimke Weld (1805-1879), Pioneer Advocate for Human Rights

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Sarah M. Grimke (1792-1873), Author of First U.S. Woman's Rights Treatise

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Mary Harris "Mother" Jones (1830?-1930), "Mother" and Messiah to Industrial Labor

Conclusion

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Emma Hart Willard (1787-1870), Pioneer Educator and Lobbyist

Conclusion

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Clarina Howard Nichols (1810-1885), A Modest Voice for Woman's Rights

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Helen Jackson Gougar (1843-1907), Moral Warrior for Temperance and Woman Suffrage

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Matilda Joslyn Gage (1826-1898), Suffragist and Freethinker

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Florence Kelley (1859-1932), Advocate for Children, Working Women, and Consumers

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Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis (1813-1876), Activist, Organizer, Publisher, Lecturer

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Carrie Lane Chapman Catt (1859-1947), Leadership for Woman Suffrage and Peace

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Maria W. Miller Stewart (1803-1879), First African-American Woman to Lecture in Public

Conclusion

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Ernestine Potowski Rose (1810-1892), Unfolding the Rhetoric of Identity

Conclusion

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Kate Richards O'Hare Cunningham (1876-1948), Socialist, Antiwar Activist, Prison Reformer

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Deborah Sampson-Gannett (1760-1827), Revolutionary War Veteran and Early Lecturer

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Abigail Scott Duniway (1834-1915), Praise and Blame for Woman's Rights "Where Rolls the Oregon"

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Anna Howard Shaw (1847-1919), A Case Study in Rhetorical Enactment

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Sojourner Truth (1797?-1883), Legendary Anti-Slavery and Woman's Rights Agitator

Conclusion

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Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910), Patriotic Crusader for Woman's Rights and Peace

Conclusion

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Catherine Waugh McCulloch (1862-1945), Drama, Humor, and Legal Argument in Support of Woman Suffrage, Peace, Temperance, and Social Justice

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Ida B. Wells Barnett (1862-1931), Agitator for African-American Rights

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Frances E. Willard (1839-1898), Reinventor of "True Womanhood"

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Creating a Female Dominion in American Reform, 1890-1935 (Chap. 1 "Origins of the Dominion: Hull House, 1890-1910")
by Robyn Muncy. 217 pgs.

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In this book, Muncy explains the continuity of white, middle-class, American female reform activity between the Progressive era and the New Deal. She argues that during the Progressive era, female reformers built an interlocking set of organizations that attempted to control child welfare policy. Within this policymaking body, female progressives professionalized their values, bureaucratized their methods, and institutionalized their reforming networks. To refer to the organizational structure embodying these processes, the book develops the original concept of a female dominion in the otherwise male empire of policymaking. At the head of this dominion stood the Children's Bureau in the federal Department of Labor. Muncy investigates the development of the dominion and its particular characteristics, such as its monopoly over child welfare and its commitment to public welfare, and shows how it was dependent on a peculiarly female professionalism. By exploring that process, this book illuminates the relationship between professionalization and reform, the origins and meaning of Progressive reform, and the role of gender in creating the American welfare state.

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Creating a Female Dominion in American Reform 1890-1935

Acknowledgments

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1 Origins of the Dominion: Hull House, 1890-1910

Chapter 2 a Dominion Materializes: the Children's Bureau, 1903-1917

Chapter 3 Staffing the Dominion: the School of Social Service Administration, 1903-1930

Chapter 4 Consolidation and Expansion of the Dominion: the Sheppard-Towner Maternity and Infancy Act, 1918-1924

Chapter 5 Contraction and Dissolution of the Female Dominion: Federal Child Welfare Policy, 1924-1935

Conclusion

Notes

Index
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From the Small Town to the Great Community: The Social Thought of Progressive Intellectuals (Chap. 7 "Jane Addams and the Division of Labor")
by Jean B. Quandt. 261 pgs.

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Preface

1: From the Small Town To The Great Society

Part I: The Uses Of Communication

2: Patterns of Thought

3: Parker Follett And Face-To-Face Communication

4: Charles Horton Cooley And the Communications Revolution

5: The Promise Of Technology

Part II: The Problem Of Culture

6: Culture and Community

7: Jane Addams and The Division of Labor

8: John Dewey and The Unity of Knowledge

9: The Ascendance Of Culture

Part III: Politics

10: Politics and The Small-Town Fetish

Postscript

Notes

Bibliography

Index
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