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The Jane Addams Papers is a scholarly editing project publishing the correspondence and writings of Jane Addams from 1901-1935 in a freely accessible digital edition and in a selected print edition. The site has been built by editors, working with students at Ramapo College of New Jersey.
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The Otherworldly Orbit of Jane Addams
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Jane Addams’ Pragmatist Theories of Democracy and Education
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Monuments vs. Documentary Editions: How Best to Remember the Past
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Jane Addams, Vachel Lindsay, and Me
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The Politician and the Old Women of Hull House
Once upon a time in Chicago, there was an ambitious little politician who decided to make a name for himself by picking a fight with the women of Hull-House. For
Survey on Digital Editions
Click here for the survey! The Jane Addams Papers Project, in partnership with the University of Michigan School of Information, is exploring the user experience for both the Jane
Each for Equal: International Women’s Day 2020
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Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
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Women’s Hoops at Hull-House
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“There has been a long line of loyal Americans, doubtless however, expressing themselves from time to time as I do now, in public opposition to certain public acts of public officials. The freedom to do this is, to my mind, the very formulation of self-government.”
Jane Addams to Robert A. Gunn, February 18, 1920.
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