Today in Labor History September 6, 1860: The founder of Hull House, Jane Addams, was born on this date in 1860. Addams was a peace activist, sociologist and author. She was a co-founder of the ACLU (along with Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, the IWW organizer, and Helen Keller), and a leader in the history of social work and women’s suffrage. In 1931, she became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. In 1889, along with her lover, Ellen Gates Starr, she co-founded Hull House, a settlement house in Chicago, for poor women from the meatpacking district. Eventually, the house became home to 25 women and was visited weekly by around 2,000 others. It became a center for research, study and debate. Members were bound by their commitment to the labor and suffrage movements. The facilities included a doctor to provide medical treatment for poor families, gym, adult night school and a girls’ club. The adult night school became a model for the continuing education classes that occur today.
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Today in Labor History May 21, 1935: Jane Addams died. Addams was a peace activist, sociologist and author. She was a co-founder of the ACLU and a leader in the history of social work and women’s suffrage. In 1931, she became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. In 1889, along with her lover, Ellen Gates Starr, she co-founded Hull House, a settlement house in Chicago. Eventually, the house became home to 25 women and was visited weekly by around 2,000 others. It became a center for research, study and debate. Members were bound by their commitment to the labor and suffrage movements. The facilities included a doctor to provide medical treatment for poor families, gym, adult night school and a girls’ club. The adult night school became a model for the continuing education classes that occur today.
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Glaser, Edith [Hrsg.]; Andresen, Sabine [Hrsg.]: Disziplingeschichte der Erziehungswissenschaft als Geschlechtergeschichte. Opladen u.a. : Verlag Barbara Budrich 2009, S. 97-110. - (Jahrbuch Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung in der Erziehungswissenschaft; 5) Pädagogische Teildisziplin: Historische Bildungsforschung; Sozialpädagogik;
Today in Labor History May 21, 1935: Jane Addams died. Addams was a peace activist, sociologist and author. She was a co-founder of the ACLU and a leader in the history of social work and women’s suffrage. In 1931, she became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. In 1889, along with her lover, Ellen Gates Starr, she co-founded Hull House, a settlement house in Chicago. Eventually, the house became home to 25 women and was visited weekly by around 2,000 others. It became a center for research, study and debate. Members were bound by their commitment to the labor and suffrage movements. The facilities included a doctor to provide medical treatment for poor families, gym, adult night school and a girls’ club. The adult night school became a model for the continuing education classes that occur today.
#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #JaneAddams #nobelprize #feminism #lgbtq #peace #author #writer #books #aclu #hullhouse @bookstadon
Today in Labor History September 6, 1860: The founder of Hull House, Jane Addams, was born on this date in 1860. Addams was a peace activist, sociologist and author. She was a co-founder of the ACLU (along with Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, the IWW organizer), and a leader in the history of social work and women’s suffrage. In 1931, she became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. In 1889, along with her lover, Ellen Gates Starr, she co-founded Hull House, a settlement house in Chicago, for poor women from the meatpacking district. Eventually, the house became home to 25 women and was visited weekly by around 2,000 others. It became a center for research, study and debate. Members were bound by their commitment to the labor and suffrage movements. The facilities included a doctor to provide medical treatment for poor families, gym, adult night school and a girls’ club. The adult night school became a model for the continuing education classes that occur today.
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