Jane Addams
By: by Lucia Raatma.
Series: Compass Point early biographies
Publisher: Compass Point Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Minneapolis, Minn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 -- Juvenile literature.; Addams, Jane, 1860-1935.; Hull House (Chicago, Ill.); Women social workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Women social reformers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Social workers.; Women -- Biography.; Nobel Prizes -- Biography.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography; Biography.
Description: A brief biography of Jane Addams, who established Hull-House in Chicago in 1889 to provide medical and legal services, educational opportunities, and social interactions to immigrants and other victims of poverty.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 31) and index.
Table of contents: value: Giving to others; value: A comfortable childhood; value: A strong-minded young woman; value: An trip to London; value: Founding Hull-House; value: Changing the law; value: Helping women and promoting peace; value: A life remembered.