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Jane Addams 1860-1935
If you are a social worker, Jane Addams
is your hero.
In 1931, and together with Nicholas
Murray Butler, Laura Jane Addams received the
Nobel Prize for
Peace.
Here is an excerpt from Jane Addams'
book Twenty Years at Hull-House, her
Subjective Necessity for Social Settlements speech
which she had delivered back in 1892 at Plymouth, Massachusetts.
You can
read the entire book online and for free.
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