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Gr 6-Up The introduction asserts, Today most people either dont know who Jane Addams was, or they have only a vague idea, but the number of books published about her, especially juvenile titles, suggests that she is not such an obscure figure. What distinguishes this one is the broader context that the Fradins establish, placing Hull House and the activism of Addams and her friends within the sphere of the history they so clearly influenced. The past is consistently linked to the present by quantifying pric...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Seventy years after her death, Jane Addams is honored as a humanitarian and winner of a Nobel Peace Prize, but the Fradins remind us that she was bitterly despised as well as internationally admired during her long lifetime. While their carefully documented and developed account doesn't actually explore the theme of "champion of democracy" promised by the subtitle, it does draw, from Addams's own writings, very clear statements of her philosophy about the value o...Log In or Sign Up to Read More