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Addams influence is strong and powerful, like this drawing created by George Giusti's painting, learn about it here!

Addams’ Living Legacy in Color
The inspirational legacy and work Jane Addams left behind is no secret; from Hull House to social reform to woman’s suffrage, Addams’ was a revolutionary thinker for her time and a true inspiration…
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For Chicago friends

Living Dangerously: The Social Change Work of Jane Addams and the Hull-House Settlement | Driehaus Museum
The Richard H. Driehaus Museum explores the art, architecture, and design of the late 19th-century with a focus on the Gilded Age. The Museum is located just steps from the Magnificent Mile within the meticulously restored Nickerson Mansion, renowned as Gilded Age Chicago’s “Marble Palace.”
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When pacifists are "dangerous" you know something' is off... (1926)

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Rud Platt on Jill Ker Conway and Jane Addams.

Rutherford H. Platt: Recalls Jill Ker Conway’s study of Jane Addams
Recalls Jill Ker Conway’s study of Jane Addams Among her many achievements, the late Jill Ker Conway (“Former Smith president Conway dies at 83,” June 4) devoted her doctoral dissertation at Harvard to a pathbreaking study of Jane Addams (1860-1935)...
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Passing of a powerful icon for women.

Jill Ker Conway, Smith College's first female president, dead at 83
The Australian-born Dr. Conway was just 40 when, in 1975, she became the first woman to lead Smith College.
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New post (and last post) by Sara Catherine Lichon, on lawyer Francis Heney.

Facing Death Twice: Lawyer Francis J. Heney
This is the last in Sara Catherine Lichon’s series of blog posts about interesting characters that she came across while working as a co-operative education student for the Project this semes…
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Here's a first. Searching for "human sacrifice" in the 1915 Survey at the Internet Archive. It's not what you think....

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Jane Addams' impact is still felt today. There's so many influential people and movements that highlight what Jane stood for. Here's a few to look at!

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The first batch of 1914 documents have just been published on the Digital Edition. More to come as copyright and repository permissions are cleared!

Browse · Jane Addams Digital Edition
A digital edition of Jane Addams' correspondence and writings from 1901-1935.
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Dr. Liane Malinowski took the time to write her own guest blog on her work "Civic Domesticity: Rhetoric, Women, and Space at Hull House, 1889-1910." Below is the link to read what she had to say!

http://janeaddams.ramapo.edu/…/addams-rhetoric-on-home-cit…/

Addams’ Rhetoric on Home, City, and World: A Guest Blog Post by Dr. Liane Malinowski
Dr. Liane Malinowski is a Visiting Assistant Professor of English at Marist College. Her research explores Hull House residents’ rhetoric as it relates to their planning of domestic and urban space…
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Congratulations to our graduating student assistants! We will miss you tremendously, but know that you are moving on to bigger and better things! Thanks-- Dara, Sara Catherine, Paul, Kyle, Sara, and not pictured, Emily, Samantha and Nina.

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Dr. James Marquardt, Associate Professor of Politics and the Chair of International Relations Program at Lake Forest College, created a web-based timeline with his students about Jane Addams. For more information on it, read about it here!

http://janeaddams.ramapo.edu/…/peace-war-and-world-order-d…/

“Peace, War and World Order”- Dr. James Marquardt’s Web-based Timeline
The influence Jane Addams had on society is no secret; we still talk about her beliefs, achievements and historical footprint today. Jane Addams has done so much in her life that Dr. James Marquard…
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As mentioned before, here are more places and things named after Jane Addams!

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Another character emerges from the Jane Addams Digital Edition - Scharmel Iris, poet and con-man. Sara Catherine Lichon uncovers the details!

Poet and Con-Artist: The Story of Scharmel Iris
Sara Catherine Lichon is writing a series of blog posts about interesting characters that she comes across while working as a co-operative education student for the Project this semester. Her work …
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Planning a summer trip? Why not visit some places and see some things that have been named after Jane Addams! These are just a few things that have been named after her so stay around, there's more to come!

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We've wanted one of these since we opened!

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