Reflects on the factors that hinder the ability of all members of society to determine their own well-being. Observing relationships between charitable workers and their clients, between factory owners and their employers, the author shows how conceiving of democracy as a social obligation can lead to mutually beneficial lines of conduct.
Reflects on the factors that hinder the ability of all members of society to determine their own well-being. Observing relationships between charitabl...
Presents a musing on the role of memory and myth in women's lives. This title explores the catalytic function of cautionary tales in reviving older women's sense of agency. Through conversations with women who had lost sons on the battlefield, it emphasizes the importance of voicing a female perspective on war.
Presents a musing on the role of memory and myth in women's lives. This title explores the catalytic function of cautionary tales in reviving older wo...
The pragmatist philosopher Jane Addams (1860-1935) is celebrated as the founder of Hull House, the settlement house for disadvantaged people in Chicago, where for many years she put into practice her progressive ideas for social reform. Addams was also deeply involved in international peace efforts. Remaining a pacifist throughout World War I, she was a founder of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and went on to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931. Her books and essays on peace are frequently cited but long out of print and hard to obtain. Interest in Jane Addams is...
The pragmatist philosopher Jane Addams (1860-1935) is celebrated as the founder of Hull House, the settlement house for disadvantaged people in Chi...
"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....
"Venturing into Usefulness, " the second volume of "The Selected Papers of Jane Addams, " documents the experience of this major American historical f...
Jane Addams (1860 - 1935) was a woman dedicated to helping those less fortunate. Her work at the famed Hull House in Chicago was a frontrunner in social reform. The Spirit Of Youth And The City Streets contains material that had previously appeared in publications as separate articles. Here Addams has complied the material into a small book with the hope that people in large cities will use the knowledge to help keep the children safe and provide them with opportunities for recreation.
Jane Addams (1860 - 1935) was a woman dedicated to helping those less fortunate. Her work at the famed Hull House in Chicago was a frontrunner in soci...
Excerpt: ...and is emerging from the narrower code of family ethics into the larger code governing social relations. It still remains to express the ethical advance through changed economic conditions by which the actual needs of the family may be supplied not only more effectively but more in line with associated effort. To fail to apprehend the tendency of one's age, and to fail to adapt the conditions of an industry to it, is to leave that industry ill-adjusted and belated on the economic side, and out of line ethically. CHAPTER V INDUSTRIAL AMELIORATION There is no doubt that the great...
Excerpt: ...and is emerging from the narrower code of family ethics into the larger code governing social relations. It still remains to express the e...
