Brown, Ed., Jane Addams, Twenty Years At Hull House, With Autobiographical Notes

Abstract

Jane Addams is one of the most important figures of the Progressive movement, embodying many of the virtues and conflicts of this complex period of American history. A social activist and political commentator, Addams helped to create a theory of social reform and to found the practice of modem social work. She had pronounced opinions about the responsibility of both society and individual to help others. In this edition of Twenty Years at Hull House, editor Victoria Bissell Brown places both the author and the book in proper historical context, giving readers a fuller understanding of both.