Citizen : Jane Addams and the struggle for democracy /

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Jane Addams was the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. This biography, covering the first half of Addams's life, reveals in detail her development as a political activist and social philosopher--we observe the powerful mind of a woman encountering the radical ideas of her ag...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Knight, Louise W.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2005.
Subjects:
Addams, Jane, > 1860-1935.
Addams, Jane, > 1860-1935
Women social workers > United States > Biography.
Social workers > United States > Biography.
Women social reformers > United States > Biography.
Social reformers > United States > Biography.
Travailleuses sociales > États-Unis > Biographies.
Travailleurs sociaux > États-Unis > Biographies.
Réformatrices sociales > États-Unis > Biographies.
Réformateurs sociaux > États-Unis > Biographies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Services.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Social Scientists & Psychologists.
Social reformers
Social workers
Women social reformers
Women social workers
United States
Electronic books.
Biographies
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: The given life, 1860-88. Self-reliance, 1822-60
  • Three mothers, 1860-73
  • Dreams, 1873-77
  • Ambition, 1877-81
  • Failure, 1881-83
  • Culture, 1883-86
  • Crisis, 1886-88
  • Part II: The chosen life, 1889-99. Chicago, 1889
  • Halsted Street, 1889-91
  • Fellowship, 1892
  • Baptism, 1893
  • Cooperation, 1893-94
  • Claims, 1894
  • Justice, 1895
  • Democracy, 1896-98
  • Ethics, 1898-99
  • Afterword: Scholarship and Jane Addams.

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