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ADDAMS, JANE (186o- )

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ADDAMS, JANE (186o- ) , See also:American sociologist, was See also:born at Cedarville, See also:Illinois, on the 6th of See also:September 186o. After graduating at See also:Rockford (Illinois) See also:Female See also:Seminary (now See also:Rock-See also:ford See also:College) in 1881, she spent several years in the study of economic and sociological questions in both See also:Europe and See also:America, and in 1889 with See also:Miss Ellen See also:Gates Starr established in See also:Chicago, Illinois, the social See also:settlement known as See also:Hull See also:House, of which she became the See also:head-worker. The success of this settlement, which became a See also:great See also:factor for See also:good in the See also:city, was principally due to Miss Addams's rare executive skill and See also:practical See also:common-sense methods. Her See also:personal participation in the See also:life of the community is exemplified in her See also:acceptance of the See also:office of inspector of streets and alleys under the municipal See also:government. She became widely known as a lecturer and writer on social problems and published See also:Democracy and Social See also:Ethics (1902), Newer Ideals of See also:Peace (1907), and The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets (1909).

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