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Sociologist

Jane Addams, an American sociologist, was born on September 6, 1860, and died on May 21, 1935. She was a pioneer in the American social reform movement, known for her focus on the impoverished neighborhoods of Chicago's South Side. Addams was the first woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, and her work had a profound impact on improving social services and promoting social justice.

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Famous Jane Addams Quotes

“True peace is not merely the absence of war, it is the presence of justice.”

Author:Jane Addams

“What is a great man who has made his mark upon history? Every time, if we think far enough, he is a man who has looked through the confusion of the moment and has seen the moral issue involved; he is a man who has refused to have his sense of justice distorted; he has listened to his conscience until conscience becomes a trumpet call to like-minded men, so that they gather about him, and together, with mutual purpose and mutual aid, they make a new period in history.”

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Author:Jane Addams

“When the sense of justice seeks to express itself quite outside the regular channels of established government, it has set forth on a dangerous journey inevitably ending in disaster.”

Government Justice Journey Dangerous Disaster

Book:Twenty Years at Hull House

Source: Twenty Years at Hull House

“In the unceasing ebb and flow of justice and oppression we must all dig channels as best we may, that at the propitious moment somewhat of the swelling tide may be conducted to the barren places of life.”

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Book:Twenty Years at Hull-House: With Autobiographical Notes

Source: Twenty Years at Hull-House: With Autobiographical Notes

“Private beneficence is totally inadequate to deal with the vast numbers of the city's disinherited.”

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Book:Twenty Years at Hull-House: With Autobiographical Notes

Source: Twenty Years at Hull-House: With Autobiographical Notes

“The common stock of intellectual enjoyment should not be difficult of access because of the economic position of him who would approach it.”

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Book:On Education

Source: On Education

About the Author

Born: September 6, 1860
Died: May 21, 1935
Known for: Sociologist
Quotes: 96

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Twenty Years at Hull-House: With Autobiographical NotesRelated source material

Democracy and Social EthicsRelated source material

The Jane Addams ReaderRelated source material

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Peace and Bread in Time of WarRelated source material

Jane Addams's Essays and Speeches on PeaceRelated source material

The Spirit of Youth and the City StreetsRelated source material

The second twenty years at Hull-House, September 1909 to September 1929, with a record of a growing world consciousnessRelated source material

On EducationRelated source material

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