Twenty Years at Hull-House (Inscribed by the author)
- SIGNED
- New York: The Macmillan Company, 1911
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1911. Second edition. Near Fine. Inscribed by Jane Addams on the front free endpaper: "Affection of the author / Jane Addams / Hull-House / Chicago." Publisher's brick red cloth titled in gilt with onlaid color illustration of Hull House. xvii, 462, [2], [4, ads] pp., complete with twelve plates (including frontisportrait of Addams). Slight lean to lower board. Minor toning to a couple leaves and small open tear to fore-edge of preliminary blank. Small ink notation to lower pastedown. Still a Near Fine copy, clean and very bright, inscribed by Addams.
Jane Addams’ global advocacy for women’s economic, educational, and social equality made her the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. In her autobiography Twenty Years at Hull-House, Addams recounts her domestic activism as the founder of the second and most innovative settlement house in the United States. Originally conceived in 1889 as a space where women of privilege could share their knowledge in humanistic fields such as art, literature, and music with the less fortunate, Hull House rapidly transformed into a community support system where working women could learn practical job skills, obtain medical and legal services, and locate affordable housing. Addams’ two decades working in Chicago ultimately inspired her to take a global approach to advocacy; and she founded the Women’s League for Peace and Freedom in addition to serving as President of the Woman’s Peace Party.
This is the second edition, published in January 1911 and preceded by the first edition of November 1910.
Krichmar 4411 (noting the first edition). Near Fine.
Jane Addams’ global advocacy for women’s economic, educational, and social equality made her the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. In her autobiography Twenty Years at Hull-House, Addams recounts her domestic activism as the founder of the second and most innovative settlement house in the United States. Originally conceived in 1889 as a space where women of privilege could share their knowledge in humanistic fields such as art, literature, and music with the less fortunate, Hull House rapidly transformed into a community support system where working women could learn practical job skills, obtain medical and legal services, and locate affordable housing. Addams’ two decades working in Chicago ultimately inspired her to take a global approach to advocacy; and she founded the Women’s League for Peace and Freedom in addition to serving as President of the Woman’s Peace Party.
This is the second edition, published in January 1911 and preceded by the first edition of November 1910.
Krichmar 4411 (noting the first edition). Near Fine.