Jane Addams

Illinois celebrated the first annual Jane Addams Day
December 10, 2007



2011 Events

Dec. 10: Anita Hill at 5th Annual Jane Addams Day

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Additional Resources

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Publicity

City of Chicago Resolution, various press releases, and
a letter to locally promote Jane Addams Day

Promotional Ideas

Ideas for promoting Jane Addams Day (pdf)

Branch Program Ideas

Read how other branches have celebrated Jane Addams Day (pdf)


jane addams

 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

2011 Events

December 10
10am - Noon

Celebrate Jane Addams Day with
Special Guest Professor Anita Hill


Chicago Temple

77 W. Washington (across from Daley Plaza)
Professor Hill will speak on her new book Reimagining Equality

Program is free and open to the public!
View Flyer (pdf)

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Additional Resources

Jane Addams book

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 now available on DVD! For more details, visit http://www.films42.com/feature/JAD09.asp

Quilt

AAUW members from all over Illinois made Jane Addams Star blocks in 19th century reproduction fabrics for this quilt. (click photo to enlarge)

jane addams quilt

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