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Opdycke, Sandra,

Jane Addams and her vision for America / Sandra Opdycke. - Boston : Prentice Hall, - xii, 252 pages ; 20 cm. - The library of American biography . - Library of American biography (New York, N.Y.) .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-247) and index.

Pt. 1. Inventing a life of service -- Finding the path -- Reaching out to the neighbors -- Putting democracy into practice -- Choosing collaboration -- Pt. 2. Working for progressive reform -- Focusing on women -- Nourishing the spirit of youth -- Speaking up for labor -- Taking progressivism to the nation -- Pt. 3. Broader horizons -- Trying to stop a war -- Searching for hope in the 1920s -- Looking forward, looking backward -- Leaving a legacy.

ISBN: 9780205598403 0205598404

Standard No.: 99961066566

LCCN: 2011000319

Subjects--Personal Names:
Addams, Jane, 1860-1935.
Addams, Jane, 1860-1935.

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1800-1999

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women social workers--United States--Biography.
Women social reformers--United States--Biography.
Social conditions.
Women social reformers.
Women social workers.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Social conditions--19th century.
United States--Social conditions--20th century.
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biography.
Biographies.

LC Class. No.: HV28.A35 / O63 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 361.92 B