Twenty years at Hull-House : with autobiographical notes.
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Twenty years at Hull-House : with autobiographical notes.
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Addams, Jane, 1860-1935.
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Publication Information:
New York : Macmillan, [1967]
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xvii, 462 p. : ill., plates ; 20 cm.
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Contents:
Earliest impressions -- Influence of Lincoln -- Boarding-school ideals -- Snare of preparation -- First days at Hull-House -- Subjective necessity for social settlements -- Some early undertakings at Hull-House -- Problems of poverty -- Decade of economic discussion -- Pioneer labor legislation in Illinois -- Immigrants and their children -- Tolstoyism -- Public activities and investigations -- Civic cooperation -- Value of social clubs -- Arts at Hull-House -- Echoes of the Russian Revolution -- Socialized education.