Unsung Hero: Saint and Statesperson; 2016
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- Identifier
- MS1133-0499
- Title
- Unsung Hero: Saint and Statesperson; 2016
- Description
- Dr. Sally Selden’s presentation focused on Jane Addams (1860-1935) who founded the Hull House in Chicago. Her contributions are considered to be the founding of modern social work. Addams also was a founding figure in the NAACP and The American Civil Liberties Union. Selden discussed Addams' involvement and accomplishments in six major issues. In 1931 Jane Addams became the first woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
- Date
- 15 September 2016
- Creator
- Selden, Sally
- topic
- talk
- lecture
- SPHEX Club
- Sally Selden
- Selden
- 2016
- Jane Addams)
- Hull House
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- NAACP
- ACLU
- American Civil Liberties Union
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
- Rockford Female Seminary
- Women’s Medical College
- Ellen Gates Starr
- Toynbee Hall, London
- "sweating system" in Chicago
- National American Women’s Suffrage Association
- Theodore Roosevelt
- George Pullman
- Hull House Labor Museum
- League for the Protection of Immigrants
- National Association of Colored Women
- John Dewey
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
- Nobel Peace Prize 1931
- Type
- Text
- Genre
- lectures
- Digital Format
- application/pdf
- Language
- English
- Repository
- George M. Jones Library Association
- Rights
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Rights Holder
- Sally Selden