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Jane Addams on Women's Issues

Jane Addams, founder of Hull House in Chicago, also worked for women's rights and woman suffrage and spoke and wrote about other women's issues.
  1. Addams - General
  2. Addams Bibliographies
  3. Addams Biographies
  4. Addams - Peace & Militarism
  5. Addams on Social Work
  6. Addams on Work and Labor
  7. Addams and Hull House

Women and Public Housekeeping

1913 Jane Addams essay on the city as 'enlarged housekeeping" and the essential role of women in its future.

Why Women Should Vote

Jane Addams' 1915 speech, published as a pamphlet, on why woman's responsibility requires her to vote.

Why Women Should Vote

Modern History Sourcebook version of the 1915 pamphlet from Jane Addams.

Hull House as Feminist Initiative

An essay on Addams and her Hull House as a means for middle class women to make a significant contribution.

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