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UNAM is currently recognized as one of the most international research universities in Latin America. [ 79 ] Despite the low percentage of funding invested in research and development in Mexico, [ 80 ] the UNAM stands out as a research-oriented university with international competitiveness across all fields of knowledge. [ 81 ]
UNAM is a public university founded in 1910 and claims to be the institutional heir of the earlier original University of Mexico, but under state rather than church control. Today, the Pontifical University of Mexico is the only pontifical university which exists in Mexico, established by the Holy See.
In 1889, Addams co-founded Hull House, one of America's most famous settlement houses, in Chicago, Illinois, providing extensive social services to poor, largely immigrant families. Philosophically a "radical pragmatist ", she was arguably the first woman public philosopher in the United States. [ 10 ]
She co-founded Chicago's Hull House, one of America's most famous settlement houses. In 1920, she was a co-founder for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). [ 109 ] In 1931, she became the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize , and is recognized as the founder of the social work profession in the United States. [ 110 ]
The theological class was the largest that had ever gathered in America, and its members were deeply conscious of their importance. [77]: 46 Lane ended up with about 100 students, the most of any seminary in America. One of Weld's key contentions (and of Puritan abolition sentiment in general) was that slavery was inherently anti-family.
The Chicago school economist who warned years ago of America’s ‘business dynamism’ fading still sees ‘something broken in the background’ Rachel Shin August 12, 2023 at 7:00 AM
The Mayors: The Chicago Political Tradition (1995); essays by scholars covering important mayors before 1980; Green, Paul M., and Melvin G. Holli. Chicago, World War II (2003) excerpt and text search; short and heavily illustrated; Gustaitis, Joseph. Chicago's Greatest Year, 1893: The White City and the Birth of a Modern Metropolis (2013) online
Pauline Morton Sabin (April 23, 1887 – December 27, 1955) was an American prohibition repeal leader and Republican party official. Born in Chicago, she was a New Yorker who founded the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform (WONPR).