Twenty Years at Hull-House (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Jane Addams
- First Published: 1910
- Time of Work: 1888–1908
- Setting: Chicago and England
- Principal Characters: Jane Addams, Ellen Gates Starr, John H. Addams, Leo Tolstoy
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: Social action, Child rearing or parenting, Children, Suffering, United States or Americans, Social reform, Abolitionists, Nineteenth century, Europe or Europeans, Autobiography, Education or educators, Class consciousness, Poverty or poor people, Immigration or emigration, Women’s issues, Women, Public speaking, Reformers, Philanthropy or philanthropists, Child care
- Locales: Chicago, IL, England
Form and Content
In Twenty Years at Hull-House, Jane Addams tells of the poverty and abuses that existed during the Industrial Revolution in the United States. The book includes eighteen chapters, illustrations, an index, and photographs. Addams begins with some personal background. She was a sickly child, and she was greatly influenced by her wealthy father, a strong admirer and supporter of Abraham Lincoln. Addams attended all-female Rockford College and left there determined to study medicine and help the poor. Her ill health returned, however, and she was unable to...
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