Nobel peace prize 1931 jane addams biography

American activist, sociologist and writer (1860–1935)

For other people with similar names, see Jane Adams.

Laura Jane Addams^[1] (September 6, 1860 – May 21, 1935) was an American settlement activist, reformer, social worker,^[2][3]sociologist,^[4]public administrator,^[5][6] philosopher,^[7][8] and author.

She was a leader in the history of social work and Women's suffrage.^[9] In 1889, Addams co-founded Hull House, one of America's most famous settlement houses, in Chicago, Illinois, providing extensive social services to poor, largely immigrant families.

Philosophically a "radical pragmatist", she was arguably the first woman public philosopher in the United States.^[10] In the Progressive Era, when even presidents such as Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson identified themselves as reformers and might be seen as social activists, Addams was one of th