Jane Addams
Born	September 6, 1860(1860-09-06) Cedarville, Illinois
Died	May 21, 1935 (aged 74) Chicago, Illinois
Occupation	Activist
Parents	John H. Addams and Sarah Weber

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Biography

Born in Cedarville, Illinois, Jane Addams was the eighth of nine children born into a prosperous miller family.^[1] Her mother was Sarah Addams (née Weber) and her father was a banker and state senator John H. Addams.^[2] She was a first cousin twice removed to Charles Addams, noted macabre cartoonist for The New Yorker.^[3] She was born with a congenital spinal defect and although this was later corrected by surgery, she was never truly robust.^[1] For other uses, see Miller (disambiguation). ... Née redirects here. ... John Huy Adams John Huy Addams (July 12, 1822–August 17, 1881) was a politician from the U.S. state of Illinois during the 19th century. ... Charles Samuel Addams (January 7, 1912–September 29, 1988) was an American cartoonist known for his particularly black humor and macabre characters. ... For other uses, see New Yorker. ... A congenital disorder is a medical condition or defect that is present at or before birth (for example, congenital heart disease). ...

Addams' father taught her philanthropy and care for people. He encouraged her to pursue a higher education, but not at the expense of losing her femininity and the prospect of marriage and motherhood, as expected of upper class young women. She was educated in the United States and Europe, graduating from the Rockford Female Seminary (now Rockford College) in Rockford, Illinois. After Rockford, she wanted to pursue a degree in medicine, but her parents felt that she was sufficiently educated and feared for her marriage prospects. For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... Rockford College is a private American liberal arts college in Rockford, Illinois. ... , Nickname: The Forest City Country State County Township Elevation 715 ft (218 m) Coordinates , Area 56. ... For the chemical substances known as medicines, see medication. ... Matrimony redirects here. ...

While in London, Addams was influenced by Andrew Mearn's essay, The Bitter Cry of Outcast London, which highlighted slum conditions.^[4] She visited Europe when she was 27 years old, visiting Toynbee Hall, a settlement house in the East End of London.^[4] This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Slums in Delhi, India. ... Toynbee Hall is the original university settlement house. ... Settlement houses not by a set of services but by an approach: that initiative to correct come from indigenous neighborhood leaders or organizations. ... The East End of London, known locally as the East End, is an area, with no formal authority or boundaries, that spans a number of administative districts of London in England. ...

Hull House

In 1889 she and her friend, Ellen Gates Starr co-founded Hull House in Chicago, Illinois, one of the first settlement houses in the United States. At its height, Hull House was visited each week by around two thousand people. Its facilities included a night school for adults, kindergarten classes, clubs for older children, a public kitchen, an art gallery, a coffeehouse, a gymnasium, a girls club, a swimming pool, a book bindery, a music school, a drama group, a library, and labor-related divisions. She is probably most remembered for her adult night school, a forerunner of the continuing education classes offered by many community colleges today. We dont have an article called Ellen Gates Starr Start this article Search for Ellen Gates Starr in. ... Hull House was co-founded in 1889, in Chicago, Illinois, by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... Settlement houses not by a set of services but by an approach: that initiative to correct come from indigenous neighborhood leaders or organizations. ... For other uses, see Kindergarten (disambiguation). ... The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. ... Discussing the War in a Paris Café, Illustrated London News 17 September 1870 Coffee shop redirects here. ... Modern indoor gymnasium with pull-down basketball hoops. ... Old book binding and cover Bookbinding is the process of physically assembling a book from a number of folded or unfolded sheets of paper or other material. ... A music school or conservatoire (British English) — also known as a conservatory (American English) or a conservatorium (Australian English) — is an institution dedicated to teaching the art of music, including the playing of musical instruments, musical composition, musicianship, music history, and music theory. ... Continuing education is an all encompassing term within a broad spectrum of post-secondary learning activities and programs. ... A community college is a type of educational institution. ...

Hull House also served as a women's sociological institution. Addams was a friend and colleague to the early members of the Chicago School of Sociology, influencing their thought through her work in applied sociology and, in 1893, co-authoring the Hull-House Maps and Papers that came to define the interests and methodologies of the School. She worked with George H. Mead on social reform issues including promoting women's rights, ending child labor, and the mediating during the 1910 Garment Workers' Strike. Although academic sociologists of the time defined her work as "social work", Addams did not consider herself a social worker. She combined the central concepts of symbolic interactionism with the theories of cultural feminism and pragmatism to form her sociological ideas (Deegan, 1988). Hull House was co-founded in 1889, in Chicago, Illinois, by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr. ... Sociology (from Latin: socius, companion; and the suffix -ology, the study of, from Greek λόγος, lógos, knowledge [1]) is the scientific or systematic study of society, including patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and culture[2]. Areas studied in sociology can range from the analysis of brief contacts between anonymous... In sociology, the Chicago School refers to the first major attempt to study the urban environment by combined efforts of theory and ethnographic fieldwork in Chicago. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Sociological practice. ... George Herbert Mead (February 27, 1863 - April 26, 1931) was a United States philosopher, sociologist and psychologist, who did much of his work at the University of Chicago as one of the founding members of the pragmatist school. ... The term women’s rights typically refers to freedoms inherently possessed by women and girls of all ages, which may be institutionalized or ignored and/or illegitimately suppressed by law or custom in a particular society. ... Timeline of organized labor history 1790s - 1800s - 1810s - 1820s - 1830s - 1840s - 1850s - 1860s - 1870s - 1880s - 1890s - 1900s - 1910s - 1920s - 1930s - 1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s 1797 (United States) Profit sharing originated at Albert Gallatins glass works in New Geneva, Pennsylvania. ... Social Workers are concerned with social problems, their causes, their solutions and their human impacts. ... Symbolic interactionism is a sociological perspective which examines how individuals and groups interact, focusing on the creation of personal identity through interaction with others. ... Cultural feminism is the ideology of a female nature or female essence reappropriated by feminists themselves in an effort to revalidate undervalued female attributes. ... Pragmatism is a philosophic school that originated in the late nineteenth century with Charles Sanders Peirce, who first stated the pragmatic maxim. ...

Hull House's first resident: Jane describes the Hull Houses "first resident" as an older lady who read to listeners from Hawthorne. She reported that she wanted to live in a place where "idealism ran high" (1910, 101). Volunteers seemed plentiful. Ellen read George Eliot's "Romola" to listeners and Jenny Dow, another volunteer, started a kindergarten (1910).

Hull House also offered an employment bureau, an art gallery, libraries, and music and art classes. Among the projects that the members of the Hull House opened were the Immigrants' Protective League, the Juvenile Protective Association, the first juvenile court in the United States, and a Juvenile Psychopathic Clinic.^[5] Juvenile courts or young offender courts are courts specifically created and given authority to try and pass judgments for crimes committed by persons who have not attained the age of majority. ...

Peace Movement

Addams helped organize the Women's Peace Party and the International Congress of Women in an effort to avert the first World War. In 1917, after America entered the war, she was expelled from the Daughters of the American Revolution. Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American... For other uses, see War (disambiguation). ... The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is a lineage membership organization[1] dedicated to promoting historic preservation, education, and patriotism. ...

In 1919 she was elected first president of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, the successor organization to the Women's Peace Party. She continued in the presidency until her death. Founded in 1915, the Womens International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) is the oldest womens peace organization in the world. ...

Personal Relationships

Throughout her life Addams was close to many women and was very good at eliciting the involvement of women from different classes in Hull Houses's programmes. Her closest adult companion, friend and lover was Mary Rozet Smith, who nurtured and supported Addams and her work at Hull House, and with whom she owned a summer house in Bar Habor, Maine^[6].

Legacy

A wall-mounted quote by Jane Addams in The American Adventure in the World Showcase pavilion of Walt Disney World's Epcot.

Jane Addams was a member of the NAACP, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, and the first vice-president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in 1911. In 1901 she founded the Juvenile Court Committee which has since become the Juvenile Protective Association, a private nonprofit organization in Chicago that protects children from abuse and neglect. She was also actively involved with Pi Gamma Mu, the social science honor society, from the 1920s until her death, because of its emphasis on social service and the humanization of the social science disciplines. In 1998 the British Columbia Branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom commissioned Canadian artist Christian Cardell Corbet to create a bronze medallion of Jane Addams to celebrate her life and achievements. The medallion has since been collected by several important museums. Image File history File links Addams. ... Image File history File links Addams. ... The American Adventure is an attraction which is located in the United States Pavilion of the Epcot theme park at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. ... Cinderella Castle, at the center of the Magic Kingdom, is Walt Disney World Resorts most recognizable icon Introduction Owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company, the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, USA is home to four theme parks, two water parks, several resort hotels and golf courses... This article is about the Epcot theme park. ... The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), is one of the oldest and most influential hate organizations in the United States. ... Alpha Kappa Alpha (ΑΚΑ) Sorority, Incorporated, is Americas first Greek-letter organization established and incorporated by African-American college women. ... Suffrage parade, New York City, 1912 The effort to obtain womens suffrage in the United States was a primary effort of those involved in the greater womens rights movement of the 19th century. ... Gold Key of PI GAMMA MU, International Honor Society in Social Sciences Pi Gamma Mu or ΠΓΜ (from Πολιτιχεσ Γνοσεοσ Ματηεται) is the oldest and preeminent honor society in the social sciences. ... Founded in 1915, the Womens International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) is the oldest womens peace organization in the world. ... Christian Cardell Corbet (born January 31, 1976) is a Canadian painter, sculptor and designer. ...

The Jane Addams Peace Association, together with the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, give the annual Jane Addams Children's Book Awards to children's books that promote peace, equality, multiculturalism, and peaceful solutions. Founded in 1915, the Womens International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) is the oldest womens peace organization in the world. ... The Jane Addams Childrens Book Awards are given annually to childrens books published the preceding year that advance the causes of peace and social equality. ...

A 2007 joint resolution of the Illinois General Assembly, HJR 19 (Currie), would rename the Northwest Tollway as the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway. The Illinois General Assembly convenes at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. ... Barbara Flynn Currie (1940-) of Chicago has been an Illinois State Representative since 1979. ... The Northwest Tollway in Illinois is a 79 mile (127 km) segment of Interstate 90 from Interstate 190 in far northwest Chicago to Illinois State Route 75, one mile south of the Wisconsin state line. ...

The Jane Addams Trail is a bicycling, hiking, snowmobiling, and cross country skiing trail which stretches from Freeport, Illinois to the Wisconsin state line. It is 12.85 miles (20.68 km) long, and is part of the larger Grand Illinois Trail, which is over 575 miles (925 km) long. ^[7] The trail is located near her birthplace of Cedarville, Illinois.^[8] The Grand Illinois Trail (occasionally abbreviated GIT) is a multipurpose recreational trail in northern Illinois. ...

See also

• Florence Kelley
• Flora Dunlap
• Mary Treglia
• Jane Addams Burial Site
• Jane Addams School for Democracy
• John H. Addams Homestead
• John Dewey
• Community practice social work
• Stanton Street Settlement

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References

Jane Addams on a US postage stamp of 1940

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Further reading

• Bowen, Louise de Koven. Growing up with a City. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1926.
• Deegan, Mary. Jane Addams and the Men of the Chicago School, 1892-1918. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction, Inc., 1988.
• Knight, Louise W. Citizen: Jane Addams and the Struggle for Democracy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005.
• Polacheck, Hilda Satt. I Came a Stranger: The Story of a Hull-House Girl. Chicago, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 1989.

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Additional articles

• Jane Addams - general article at Citizendium
• Jane Addams entry at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy by Maurice Hamington Looks at her as "the first woman 'public philosopher' in United States history".
• Featured in Netcetera on findingDulcinea, 12/11/07, detailing her legacy

Archival material

• Works by Jane Addams at Project Gutenberg
• Harvard University Library Open Collections Program. Women Working, 1870-1930. Jane Addams (1860-1935). A full-text searchable online database with complete access to publications written by Jane Addams.
• Works by Jane Addams listed at the Online Books Page

Other

• Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
• The Bitter Cry of Outcast London by Rev. Andrew Mearns
• Online photograph exhibit of Jane Addams from Swarthmore College's Peace Collection

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