It's now been a hundred years since the publication of Jane Addams's masterpiece, Twenty Years at Hull-House. By 1910, Addams's contemporaries already recognized her as America's most respected social reformer and saw Hull-House as the living symbol of the Progressive Era. Now the instantly popular book, one of eleven she authored, displayed Addams's distinctive gift of combining compelling story with insightful social analysis.
References
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AddamsJaneTwenty Years at Hull-House (Wildside Press, 2009). There are several editions in print; this is unabridged and the most recent
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ElshtainJean Bethke (ed). The Jane Addams Reader (Basic Books, 2005). An excellent anthology of Addams most important writings
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KnightLouise W.Citizen Jane Addams and the Struggle for Democracy (University of Chicago, 2005). Focuses on Addams's early influences and the evolution of her philosophy at Hull-House
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FischerMarilynNackenoffCarolChmielewskiWendy (eds). Jane Addams and the Practice of Democracy (University of Illinois, 2009). Provides insights into the full range of Addams's social commitments, including her enduring (and controversial) work as an advocate for world peace
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LengermannPatricia MadooNiebrugge-BentleyJill“Back to the Future: Settlement Sociology, 1885–1930,”The American Sociologist (Fall 2002): 5–20. Explores the distinctive contributions Addams and her settlement movement colleagues made to sociology
