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Portrait of Jane Addams, ... [15] [16] When she died in 1935, Addams was the best-known female public figure in the United States. [17] Early life
Hull House was a settlement house in Chicago, Illinois, that was co-founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr.Located on the Near West Side of Chicago, Hull House, named after the original house's first owner Charles Jerald Hull, opened to serve recently arrived European immigrants.
Shared the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize with Jane Addams. [290] Albert Schweitzer [ge] January 14, 1875 Kaysersberg Vignoble, France September 4, 1965 Lambarene, Gabon
The John H. Addams Homestead, also known as the Jane Addams Birthplace, is located in the Stephenson County village of Cedarville, Illinois, United States.The homestead property, a 5.5-acre (22,000 m 2) site, includes an 1840s era Federal style house, a Pennsylvania-style barn, and the remains of John H. Addams' mill complex.
Jane Addams. 1930 Ellen Church was the first female flight attendant in America; she suggested the idea of female nurses on board to Boeing Air Transport, claiming that if people felt safer they would fly more. [86] 1931 Jane Addams was the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize; she shared the prize with Nicholas Murray Butler. [87 ...
Jane Addams (1860–1935) – major social activist, president Women's International League for Peace and Freedom; Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906) – prominent opponent of slavery, played a pivotal role in the 19th-century women's rights movement to introduce women's suffrage into the United States
[7]: 148–149 [8]: 258–259 Participants at the conference established the International Committee of Women for Permanent Peace, subsequently known as the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). [8]: 256, 262 with Jane Addams as president. [6]: 69
Jane Addams: United States: 1860: 1935: Feminist; Women's Suffrage advocate; Major social activist, president Women's International League for Peace and Freedom [35] 1800–1874: Gertrud Adelborg: Sweden: 1853: 1942: Teacher and suffragist [47] 1800–1874: Sophie Adlersparre: Sweden: 1823: 1895: Publisher; one of three most notable pioneers of ...