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

How well do you know Jane Addams? Read or print the quiz
(Word format)

Find books, articles, discover museums and a movie

Publicity

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

Ideas for promoting Jane Addams Day (pdf)

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

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

Books

Check out this list of recommended reading!
(PDF file)
Read an excerpt from Citizen, Jane Addams and the Struggle for Democracy by Louise W. Knight.
(PDF file)
Citizen & other books can be ordered online from our official Jane Addams Day bookstore. Visit Women and Children First & enter "Jane Addams" in the search field

Jane-related Articles by AAUW member
Barbara Zeitz (CountHerHistory). These are Acrobat PDF files.

Museums

Jane Addams Hull-House Museum: www.hullhousemuseum.org
Chicago History Museum: www.chicagohistory.org
National Women's History Museum: www.nwhm.org, (for Jane Addams info, see http://www.nwhm.org/ProgressiveEra/hullhouse.html)

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)

Publicity
Branches may use this letter to promote Jane Addams Day in their communities. Read the Resolution by the Chicago City Council naming December 10 as Jane Addams Day: Jane Addams, a member of Chicago AAUW	Dongola Junior High lobby for Jane Addams Day (2006) Illinois Lt. Governor's Announcement (6/9/06) Illinois Governor's Announcement (5/21/06) AAUW-IL's announcement (12/10/06) AAUW-IL's announcement (12/28/06)

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