Illinois celebrated the first annual Jane Addams Day
December 10, 2007
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Find books, articles, discover museums and a movie |
City of Chicago Resolution, various press releases, and
a letter to locally promote Jane Addams Day
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Among many achievements, Jane Addams was:
- A founder and the first president of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
- A founder of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
- A founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
- The first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize
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Dec. 7,
10 am - 11:30am
(plus more events
noon - 4)
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Chicago AAUW & Women's International League for Peace and Freedom event present a brunch. $20
Jane Addams Hull-House
800 S. Halsted St, Chicago
Hull-House festivities for the entire family continue from noon - 4 (free admission).
Read the flyer (PDF) for details and to RSVP. |
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Jane Addams Day event with Chicago Women's Alliance and University of Chicago SSA
Presentation and dinner. $28; RSVP by Dec. 5.
Location: Holland & Knight Law Firm,
131 S. Dearborn St, Chicago
Read the flyer (PDF) for more details and to RSVP. |
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Books
Jane-related Articles by AAUW member
Barbara Zeitz (CountHerHistory). These are Acrobat PDF files.
Museums
Film
- Dinner at Jane's is a documentary film directed by Suzanne Lacy. Filmed at Chicago’s Hull-House Museum in September, 1993, during the centennial celebration of the Columbian Exposition.
Dinner at Jane's is not commercially available. You can only see it by making special arrangements with Jan Lisa Huttner at witaswan@msn.com.
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