Jane Addams

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Jane Addams was a pioneering American social reformer, peace activist, and co-founder of Chicago’s Hull House who became one of the most influential leaders of the Progressive Era and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

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instanceOf Nobel Peace Prize laureate
author
feminist
human
peace activist
philanthropist
public intellectual
social reformer
sociologist
awardReceived Honorary degree from Yale University
Nobel Peace Prize
causeOfDeath abdominal cancer
coFounded Hull House
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1860-09-06
dateOfDeath 1935-05-21
educatedAt Rockford Female Seminary
familyName Addams
founded Hull House
surface form: Hull House Association
fullName Jane Addams self-linksurface differs
surface form: Laura Jane Addams
givenName Jane
movement Progressive Era
peace movement
settlement movement
women's suffrage movement
notableFor advocacy for immigrants and the poor
co-founding Hull House in Chicago
leadership in the settlement house movement
pacifism during World War I
notableWork Democracy and Social Ethics
Newer Ideals of Peace
Peace and Bread in Time of War
The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets
Twenty Years at Hull-House
occupation lecturer
reformer
social worker
writer
parent John Huy Addams
placeOfBirth Cedarville, Illinois, United States
placeOfDeath Chicago, Illinois, United States
politicalAlignment Progressivism
positionHeld first female president of the National Conference of Charities and Corrections
president of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
vice president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association
religion Quaker-influenced Protestantism
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States
sexOrGender female

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Democracy and Social Ethics author Jane Addams
Newer Ideals of Peace author Jane Addams
Twenty Years at Hull-House author Jane Addams
John Huy Addams child Jane Addams
Hull House foundedBy Jane Addams
this entity surface form: Emily Greene Balch
Hull House founder Jane Addams
Jane Addams fullName Jane Addams self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Laura Jane Addams
Addams hasNotableBearer Jane Addams
Progressive Party notableMember Jane Addams
subject surface form: Progressive Party (United States, 1912)
John Huy Addams notableRelative Jane Addams
Hull House notableResident Jane Addams
Progressive Era significantFigure Jane Addams
Newer Ideals of Peace workOf Jane Addams
this entity surface form: Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jane Addams