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Jane Addams

1860 - 1935

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Laura Jane Addams (September 6, 1860 – May 21, 1935) was an American settlement activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, public administrator, philosopher, and author. She was a leader in the history of social work and women's suffrage. In 1889, Addams co-founded Hull House, one of America's most famous settlement houses, in Chicago, Illinois, providing extensive social services to poor, largely immigrant families. Philosophically a "radical pragmatist", she was arguably the first woman public philosopher in the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jane Addams is the 91st most popular social activist (down from 16th in 2019), the 937th most popular biography from United States (down from 115th in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Social Activist.

Jane Addams is most famous for founding the Hull House in Chicago, Illinois. The Hull House was a settlement house that provided services to the immigrant and poor populations of Chicago.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Jane Addams ranks 91 out of 840. Before her are Dragutin Dimitrijević, Axel Munthe, Lê Đức Thọ, Jimmy Hoffa, Alexei Navalny, and Widukind. After her are Beatrice Cenci, An Jung-geun, Amílcar Cabral, Stenka Razin, Denis Mukwege, and Bal Gangadhar Tilak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1860, Jane Addams ranks 21. Before her are J. M. Barrie, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Anders Zorn, Princess Charlotte of Prussia, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, and Hugo Wolf. After her are Hjalmar Branting, René Lalique, John J. Pershing, Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Louis Wain, and Ernest Thompson Seton. Among people deceased in 1935, Jane Addams ranks 23. Before her are Henri Barbusse, Carlos Gardel, Hugo de Vries, Paul Dukas, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., and Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia. After her are Komitas, Josef Suk, Max Liebermann, Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, Aron Nimzowitsch, and Henri Pirenne.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jane Addams ranks 937 out of 20,380. Before her are Nat King Cole (1919), George Clinton (1941), Robert Altman (1925), Baruch Samuel Blumberg (1925), Philip Glass (1937), and Laura Branigan (1952). After her are William Hurt (1950), Walter Hill (1942), Vera Rubin (1928), Michael Bloomberg (1942), Melanie (1947), and Jamie Lee Curtis (1958).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Jane Addams ranks 13. Before her are Emily Greene Balch (1867), Margaret Sanger (1879), Harriet Tubman (1820), Angela Davis (1944), Jody Williams (1950), and Jimmy Hoffa (1913). After her are Lee Radziwill (1933), John Brown (1800), Betty Ford (1918), Catharine MacKinnon (1946), William Luther Pierce (1933), and Susan B. Anthony (1820).

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