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Happy Birthday, Jane Addams, First American Woman to Receive No...

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Considered "second only to Eleanor Roosevelt in the pantheon of women," Jane Addams was a pioneer in the field of social work, a noted pacifist and internationalist, and one of the first to express the belief that education was the gateway to equality.

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Adam

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Sep 8, 2009
 
Oh! This was a person? I thought it was just some housing projects. Kidding! Go Jane Addams!
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Sep 8, 2009
 
I'm so glad to have learned more about this woman. What a trailblazer!
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Sep 8, 2009
 
Wow, I had no idea how much she accomplished in her life. Addams was a force to be reckoned with.
eileen

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Sep 9, 2009
 
A remarkable story, especially when you consider most of this was accomplished before women could even vote. She was so right about WW1, a truly pointless war with tragic consequences leading directly to WWll.
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