Laura Jane Addams (September 6, 1860 – May 21, 1935) was an American settlement activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, public administrator,...
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Hull House (redirect from Jane Addams Hull-House Museum)
settlement house in Chicago, Illinois, that was co-founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr. Located on the Near West Side of Chicago, Hull...
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Interstate 90 in Illinois (redirect from Jane Addams Memorial Tollway)
I-90 comprises several named highways. The Interstate runs along the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (previously called the Northwest Tollway) from South...
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Progressive Era (section Jane Addams)
(1988). Jane Addams and the Men of the Chicago School, 1892–1918. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books. Shields, Patricia M. (2017). Jane Addams: Pioneer...
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He and his wife Sarah (Weber) Addams had nine children, including Alice Haldeman and social activist Jane Addams. Addams became active in state politics...
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ABLA Homes (section Jane Addams and Grace Abbott Homes)
ABLA Homes (Jane Addams Homes, Robert Brooks Homes, Loomis Courts, and Grace Abbott Homes) was a Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) public housing development...
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reformer Jane Addams. Addams would enjoy the Presbyterian Cemetery on Mountain Avenue in Westfield as a child, where – according to author and Addams expert...
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Jan Lisa Huttner (section Role in Jane Addams Day)
Blagojevich signed legislation officially declaring December 10 to be “Jane Addams Day.” Addams was one of the first women to have a commemorative day in the entire...
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The Jane Addams Trail is a 17-mile (27 km) long rail trail in Stephenson County, Illinois. Jane Addams, the trail's namesake, was born in Stephenson County...
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Shields, P. (2017). Jane Addams: pioneer in American sociology, social work and public administration. In Shields, P. (Ed.), Jane Addams: Progressive Pioneer...
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