View a new Web site showcasing the December 10 Jane Addams luncheon at the Hull-House Museum. Read a poem written by Kevin Coval, the Poet in Residence at Hull-House , and view many photos of this historic luncheon.

Dinner at Jane's is a documentary film directed by Suzanne Lacy. It was shot 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, or attending one of the scheduled screenings.

Is your branch interested in viewing this film?
Read the flyer for details and FAQs

Local screenings of the film

Gail Borden Library, Elgin , A Tapestry of Freedom* presents

Jane Addams and the Potential of Women:
Her Growth as a Social Reformer

Tuesday, April 1, 7-8:30 p.m. , Community Rooms

Sponsored in collaboration with the Elgin Area branch of the AAUW

Louise W. Knight, author of Citizen: Jane Addams and the Struggle for Democracy, will trace how Addams's early struggles with failure during an era of limited opportunities for women shaped her ideas about women's potential and her social reform activism. Refreshments will be served. Book sales and signing follow the program. Please register.

* Funding for this grant was awarded by the Illinois State Library (ISL), a Division of the Office of Secretary of State, using funds provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), under the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA).

THREE WAYS TO REGISTER AT GAIL BORDEN LIBRARY:
(Registration will not be open until the end of February when the library's March/April newsletter is ready.)

• In person at the Adult Services Information Desk
• Call 847-429-4680
• Online at Gail Borden Public Library, Library Newsletter

More information about Louise Knight is available at louisewknight.com

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