Jane Addams: Spirit In Action - Louise W. Knight

Louise W. Knight

Visit with Louise Knight, author of Jane Addams: Spirit In Action. Around a century ago Jane Addams stood at the head of the major peace & justice efforts of her day. Founder of Hull House in Chicago, she provided leadership for suffrage, work reforms, the NAACP, and peace organizations like the Womens International League for Peace & Freedom - and much more.

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Jane Addams: Spirit In Action - Louise W Knight
About Jane Adams Quaker Father
and his influence on her views and writings.
Jane Adams place in history
and all the writings she had left that showed her life and views.
The Importance of Being Jane (Addams)
Why she became so important.
Louise's spiritual focus
Louise's spirituality and what she finds important
Jane's Lessons About Poverty
and how that changed how she tried to help poor people.
Jane's personal relationships
and the culture that allowed her to be a lesbian at the time.
Labor
Justice
Settlement Houses
Hull House
Suffrage
Women
Homosexuality
Lesbian
Child Labor
Labor Reform
Progressive
Working Class
Upper Class
Pullman Strike
Boston Marriage

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