The Selected Papers of Jane Addams: Vol. 2: Venturing Into Usefulness Volume 2

ISBN-13: 9780252033490 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 808 str.

Jane Addams; Mary Lynn Bryan; Barbara Bair

Opis

"Venturing into Usefulness, " the second volume of "The Selected Papers of Jane Addams, " documents the experience of this major American historical figure, intellectual, social activist, and author between June 1881, when at twenty-one she had just graduated from Rockford Female Seminary, and early 1889, when she was on the verge of founding the Hull-House settlement with Ellen Gates Starr. During these years she evolved from a high-minded but inexperienced graduate of a women's seminary into an educated woman and seasoned traveler well-exposed to elite culture and circles of philanthropy. Themes inaugurated in the previous volume are expanded here, including dilemmas of family relations and gender roles; the history of education; the dynamics of female friendship; religious belief and ethical development; changes in opportunities for women; and the evolution of philanthropy, social welfare, and reform ideas.