Jane Addams – The Most Dangerous Woman in America Brill Brill Hardback

Jane AddamsThe Most Dangerous Woman in America\nAuthor(s): Marlene Targ Brill\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Ohio University Press, United States\nImprint: Ohio University Press\nISBN-13: 9780821425527, 978-0821425527\nSynopsis\nAs part of our Biographies for Young Readers series for middle-grade readers, this book explains who Jane Addams was and why she caused such a stir in the United States and worldwide. The story follows Addams from her first realization of the unfairness that limited the lives, livelihoods, and health of disadvantaged people in the late 1800s to her becoming one of the most beloved-and most disliked-women of her day. She worked to create a more peaceful, fair world for all people, no matter their race, color, nationality, or gender.\n Along her journey, Addams cofounded Hull-House, the most celebrated settlement house in the United States, and she became a motivating author, speaker, and womens rights and peace advocate. She worked tirelessly on community, stat.