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Citizen: Jane Addams and the Struggle for Democracy

Jane Addams was the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. In Citizen, Louise W. Knight's masterful biography, you'll learn about Addams's early development as a political activist and social philosopher. Covering the first half of Addams's life, from 1860 to 1899, Knight recounts how Addams, a child of a wealthy family in rural northern Illinois, longed for a life of larger purpose. She broadened her horizons through education, reading, and travel, and, after receiving an inheritance upon her father's death, moved to Chicago in 1889 to co-found Hull House, the city's first settlement house.

Knight describes how Addams learned of the abject working conditions in American factories, the unchecked power wielded by employers, the impact of corrupt local politics on city services, and the intolerable limits placed on women by their lack of voting rights. These experiences, she makes clear, transformed Addams. As her story unfolds, Knight astutely captures the enigmatic Addams's compassionate personality as well as her flawed human side. Written in a strong narrative voice, Citizen is an insightful portrait of the formative years of a great American leader.

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Recommended Age Adults
Author Louise W. Knight
ISBN 0226447006
Publisher University of Chicago Press
Language English