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Addams, Jane Etymology: 1860-1935 an American social reformer. In Chicago in 1889 she founded Hull House, one of the first social settlements in the United States, where volunteers from many disciplines, including nursing, lived and worked in their professions. She played a central role in most of the social reforms of her time and provided inspiration to those in the nursing profession who were striving to establish high educational standards and better working conditions. She was co-recipient of the Nobel peace prize in 1931. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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2 new The Addams Family: MGM/Fox 29. Seventy years after her death, Jane Addams is honored as a
humanitarian and winner of a Nobel Peace Prize, but the Fradins remind
us that she was bitterly despised as well as internationally admired
during her long lifetime. Ferguson Cancer
Center, Home Health Care and Hospice, Healthworks Occupational Health
Services, Jane Addams Outpatient Mental Health Services and individual
physician offices. |
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