1910's Education | A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil

Nonfiction work

By: Jane Addams

Date: 1912

Source: Addams, Jane. A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil. New York: Macmillan, 1912. Reprinted in Elshtain, Jean Bethke, ed. The Jane Addams Reader. New York: Basic Books, 2002, 177–80.

About the Author: Jane Addams (1860–1935), the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931, was champion of social justice issues such as women's rights, the passage of child labor laws, education for immigrants, and peace. She was a speaker, author, activist, and progressive educator. In 1889, she founded the famous Hull House, a settlement house serving the urban poor in Chicago with a wide variety of programs.

Introduction

Beginning in the 1870s, and continuing through World War I (1914–1918), the progressive education movement sought to develop educational innovations in methods and curriculum....