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Twenty Years at Hull House

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The classic memoir of one of the Progressive Era’s most important reformers and social activists.
 
If it is natural to feed the hungry . . . it is certainly natural to give pleasure to the young, comfort to the aged, and to minister to the deep-seated craving for social intercourse that all men feel.
 
In 1889, Jane Addams and her partner, Ellen Starr, opened the first settlement house in the United States. On Chicago’s West Side, Hull House was devoted to the city’s poor and forgotten, from immigrants and unwed mothers to the elderly, homeless, and hungry. Its charter proclaimed its mission “to provide a center for higher civic and social life, to institute and maintain educational and philanthropic enterprises, and to investigate and improve the conditions in the industrial districts of Chicago.” In Twenty Years at Hull House, Addams chronicles her revolutionary work from its conception in the Gilded Age through the dawn of the Progressive Era.
 
A cofounder of the American Civil Liberties Union and the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, Addams devoted her life to realizing a more noble vision of democracy. More than a personal memoir, Twenty Years at Hull-House is a landmark document of social theory and political history.
 
This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.
 

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Publisher: Open Road Media

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  • Release date: December 13, 2016

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  • ISBN: 9781504042420
  • File size: 1671 KB
  • Release date: December 13, 2016

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  • ISBN: 9781504042420
  • File size: 1932 KB
  • Release date: December 13, 2016

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The classic memoir of one of the Progressive Era’s most important reformers and social activists.
 
If it is natural to feed the hungry . . . it is certainly natural to give pleasure to the young, comfort to the aged, and to minister to the deep-seated craving for social intercourse that all men feel.
 
In 1889, Jane Addams and her partner, Ellen Starr, opened the first settlement house in the United States. On Chicago’s West Side, Hull House was devoted to the city’s poor and forgotten, from immigrants and unwed mothers to the elderly, homeless, and hungry. Its charter proclaimed its mission “to provide a center for higher civic and social life, to institute and maintain educational and philanthropic enterprises, and to investigate and improve the conditions in the industrial districts of Chicago.” In Twenty Years at Hull House, Addams chronicles her revolutionary work from its conception in the Gilded Age through the dawn of the Progressive Era.
 
A cofounder of the American Civil Liberties Union and the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, Addams devoted her life to realizing a more noble vision of democracy. More than a personal memoir, Twenty Years at Hull-House is a landmark document of social theory and political history.
 
This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.
 

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  • Details

    Publisher:
    Open Road Media

    Kindle Book
    Release date: December 13, 2016

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781504042420
    File size: 1671 KB
    Release date: December 13, 2016

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781504042420
    File size: 1932 KB
    Release date: December 13, 2016

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  • Formats
    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
  • Languages
    English