American heroine : the life and legend of Jane Addams / Allen F. Davis ; with a new introd. by the author.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago, IL : Ivan Dee, Description: xi, 339 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 156663296X
  • 9781566632966
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: American heroine.; Online version:: American heroine.DDC classification:
  • 361.92 B 21
LOC classification:
  • HV28.A35 D39 2000
Contents:
Formative Years -- Despair and Disillusionment -- A Creative Solution -- Founding a Social Movement -- Early Years at Hull House -- A Wider Influence -- Jane Addams-Reformer -- A Moral Equivalent for War and Juvenile Delinquency -- Twenty Years at a Hull House -- Prostitution, Woman Suffrage, and Progressivism -- Practical Saint and the Most Useful American -- A Pacifist in Time of War -- From Saint to Villain -- The Most Dangerous Woman in America -- The Restoration of a Saint.
Summary: Chronicles the life of Jane Addams, discussing her family life, personal relationships, political beliefs, work for social reform, and impact on American history.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-296) and index.

Formative Years -- Despair and Disillusionment -- A Creative Solution -- Founding a Social Movement -- Early Years at Hull House -- A Wider Influence -- Jane Addams-Reformer -- A Moral Equivalent for War and Juvenile Delinquency -- Twenty Years at a Hull House -- Prostitution, Woman Suffrage, and Progressivism -- Practical Saint and the Most Useful American -- A Pacifist in Time of War -- From Saint to Villain -- The Most Dangerous Woman in America -- The Restoration of a Saint.

Chronicles the life of Jane Addams, discussing her family life, personal relationships, political beliefs, work for social reform, and impact on American history.

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