Why Is Jane Addams Influential?
According to Wikipedia , Laura Jane Addams was an American settlement activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, public administrator and author. She was an important leader in the history of social work and women's suffrage in the United States and advocated for world peace. She co-founded Chicago's Hull House, one of America's most famous settlement houses. In 1910, Addams was awarded an honorary master of arts degree from Yale University, becoming the first woman to receive an honorary degree from the school. In 1920, she was a co-founder of the American Civil Liberties Union .
Jane Addams's Published Works
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1900 1910 1920 1930 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 Published Papers Twenty Years at Hull-House (1934) Democracy and Social Ethics (1902) Twenty Years at Hull-House: With Autobiographical Notes (1910) Newer ideals of peace (1907) (131)A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil (1912) The Second Twenty Years at Hull-House. (1931) The Long Road Of Woman's Memory (1916) (61)Women At The Hague: The International Congress Of Women And Its Results (1915) A Function of the Social Settlement (1899) THE SERVANT PROBLEM (1903) Philanthropy and Social Progress (1894) (36)Women at the Hague (1915) (35)Problems of Municipal Administration (1905) Effect of Familiarity (1907) A Belated Industry (1896) Recreation as a Public Function in Urban Communities (1912) Ethical Survivals in Municipal Corruption (1898) The Housing Problem in Chicago (1902) Trades Unions and Public Duty (1899) A Modern Devil-Baby (1914) The Larger Aspects of the Woman's Movement (1914) Forty Years at Hull-House: Being "Twenty Years at Hull-House" and "The Second Twenty Years at Hull-House" (1935) (5)Child Labor Legislation,—a Requisite for Industrial Efficiency (1905) THE SOCIAL SITUATION: RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL CONDITIONS (1911) The second twenty years at Hull-House : Sept. 1909 to Sept. 1929, with a record of a growing world consciousness (1930) (4)THE VISITING NURSE AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS (1908) The Child, the clinic and the court : a group of papers (1925) (2)A study of the milk supply of Chicago (1898) (2)Public Recreation (1908) The Play Instinct and the Arts (1930) Julia Lathrop's Services to the State of Illinois (1935) The Potential Advantages of the Mandate System (1921) Labor as a Factor in the Newer Conception of International Relationships (1917) The Importance to America of the Josephine Butler Centenary (1928) Philanthropy and Social Progress.@@@Bibliography of College, University and Social Settlements.@@@Forward Movements. (1894) Democracy and social ethics [microform] (1902) (1)The Slavery of Prostitution (1916) (1)National Protection for Children (1907) The Operation of the Illinois Child Labor Law (1906) A Great Public Servant, Julia C. Lathrop (1932) Letter: Jane Addams to Ida M. Tarbell, October 3, 1908 (1908) (0)Letter: Jane Addams to Ida M. Tarbell, January 8, 1931 (1931) (0)Ten Years' Experience in Illinois (1911) What I owe to my father (Annotation) (1931) (0)Letter: Jane Addams to Ida M. Tarbell, August 23, 1909 (1909) (0)Letter: Jane Addams to Ida M. Tarbell, March 17, 1914 (1914) (0)Current Publications Received (1931) Amelioration of economic conditions. (1914) Child LABOR. (1905) Book Department (1912) Elective or Appointive School Board (1906) I.—Child Labor On the Stage (1911) Jane Addams (1935) Letter from Jane Addams, Bar Harbor, Maine, to Margaret Allen Elliott : typed manuscript signed, 1930 September 2 (1930) (0)Passing of the war virtues (1914) (0)Increased social control. Julia Lathrop and Outdoor Relief in Chicago, 1893-94 (1935) Recent legal enactments. (1914) Introduction to Child Welfare Research Introduction to Child Welfare Research Introduction to Child Welfare Research (0)Miss Carmer Appointed (1935) Excerpt: Jane Addams, Newer Ideals of Peace (1927) (0)Moral education and legal protection of children. (1914) Philanthropic rescue and prevention. (1914) Copy of letter: Jane Addams to Abraham Epstein, December 11, 1933 (1933) (0)More Papers This paper list is powered by the following services:
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What Are Jane Addams's Academic Contributions? Jane Addams is most known for their academic work in the field of social work. They are also known for their academic work in the fields of political science, communications, philosophy, and literature.
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