Ideologies / Progressive / Jane Addams
§ The minds · 1860–1935 · United States · Reformer & social worker
Jane Addams
The settlement house
Democracy lived in the neighbourhood.
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The founder of Hull House and the settlement movement, who built participatory social reform from the neighbourhood up and won the Nobel Peace Prize for her pacifism.
social
Pioneering progressive — peace, women's suffrage, immigrant welfare.
economic
Public provision and labour protection for the urban poor.
governance
Grassroots, participatory reform over top-down command.
Notable for
- Founded Hull House
- Nobel Peace Prize, 1931
- Women's suffrage and peace movements
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