Starting in Chicago as a co-founder of the nation's first settlement house, Hull House a community center where people of all classes and ethnicities could gather Addams became a grassroots organizer and a partner of trade unionists, women, immigrants, and African Americans seeking social justice. In time she emerged as a progressive political force; an advocate for women's suffrage; an advisor to presidents; a co-founder of civil rights organizations, including the NAACP; and a leader for international peace.
Written as a fast-paced narrative, Jane Addams traces how one woman worked with others to make a difference in the world. 32 black-and-white illustrations
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Background Information
Chicago, Illinois, is the largest city on the Great Lakes. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has been in the forefront of civil rights activity for a century. It took a long struggle that succeeded in many individual states before voting rights for women were granted nationally by the 19th Amendment in 1920.