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Born 1859 • Illinois
Died February 10, 1940 (aged 81) • New York
Founder Hull House
Nina Otero-Warren
Nina Otero-Warren
American civil rights activist and educator
Lillian D. Wald.
Lillian D. Wald
American sociologist
Jane Addams in a black-and-white profile portrait, facing right, wearing a high-collared dress, photographed in 1914.
Jane Addams
American social reformer
Abbott, Edith
Edith Abbott
American social worker
Florence Kelley.
Florence Kelley
American social reformer
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Lizzie Black Kander
American welfare worker
Lathrop, Julia Clifford
Julia Clifford Lathrop
American social worker
Mary Ashton Rice Livermore
Mary Ashton Rice Livermore
American activist
Abbott, Grace
Grace Abbott
American social worker
Holt, Winifred
Winifred Holt
American social worker
Evangeline Cory Booth.
Evangeline Cory Booth
American religious leader
Sister Simone Campbell
Sister Simone Campbell
American nun, attorney, and poet
Katharine Bement Davis.
Katharine Bement Davis
American penologist
Frances Perkins
Frances Perkins
United States secretary of labor
Breckinridge, Sophonisba Preston
Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge
American social worker, educator and lawyer
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Lugenia Burns Hope
American social reformer
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Hannah Bachman Einstein
American reformer
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Hannah Kent Schoff
American social worker and reformer
Balch, Emily Greene
Emily Greene Balch
American political scientist
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Lucy Jane Rider Meyer
American social worker and educator