Jane Addams
Sociologist, Organization founder
1860 – 1935
Who was Jane Addams?
Jane Addams was a pioneer settlement social worker, public philosopher, sociologist, author, and leader in women's suffrage and world peace. In an era when presidents such as Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson identified themselves as reformers and social activists, Addams was one of the most prominent reformers of the Progressive Era. She helped turn the US to issues of concern to mothers, such as the needs of children, public health, and world peace. She said that if women were to be responsible for cleaning up their communities and making them better places to live, they needed the vote to be effective in doing so. Addams became a role model for middle-class women who volunteered to uplift their communities. She is increasingly being recognized as a member of the American pragmatist school of philosophy. In 1931 she became the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and is recognized as the founder of the social work profession in the United States.
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- Born
- Sep 6, 1860
Cedarville - Also known as
- Dr. Jane Addams
- Laura Jane Addams
- Parents
- Siblings
- Religion
- Presbyterianism
- Ethnicity
- English American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Rockford University
( - 1881)
- Rockford University
- Lived in
- Cedarville
- Died
- May 21, 1935
Chicago - Resting place
- Jane Addams Burial Site
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on July 23, 2013
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