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Jane Addams is best known as the founder of Hull-House; one of this country's first settlement houses; in the immigrant heart of late Victorian Chicago. This biography chronicles her privileged childhood in rural Illinois; her thirst for a first-class education; and her search for purpose and self-fulfillment; although constrained by notions of the proper role for females. It chronicles Addams' tireless work to better the lives of urban immigrants and her growing national and international role in social reform. The narrative of her family travails; deep friendships; reading; writing; travels; beliefs; and accolades and changing public perception of her causes is consummately woven with historical context of her times―from the Civil War Era to the Great Depression.The range of Addams' concerns; of her active social and political involvement; is astonishing. She belonged to and helped to found many organizations; including the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. She championed women's suffrage and equality and believed in their moral strength in reform. At one point; she was cast in the role of middle class secular saint; and she became the most honored woman in the United States. As the United States entered World War I and later; Addams was called a dangerous radical and unchristian scoundrel and vilified for her outspoken pacifism and championing of free speech; human rights; and other progressive causes and groups. Her profound contributions to society began to be recognized again in the 1960s; and this biography reveals her greatness to a new generation.
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Review
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A great startBy Elliott W. JamesKevin Kiley and I are in agreement on this a superb book. The problem that I have is that 'The Armies of the First French Republic and the Rise of the Marshals of Napoleon I' was in its final form a five vol. work published postumously between 1926 and 1938 throught the efforts of the authors son. Greenhill gives us only the first part. The disappointment is that the following 4 volumes covering all European wars of the French Republic are not included.The wars of the First Republic receive far less coverage than those of the period following Bonaparte claiming the title Emperor. When books are published they tend to concentrate on the campaign of the Army of Italy in 1796 and 1800 or the Army of the Orient in 1799. So much is left out; for example James Arnolds study of the battles of 'Marengo and Hohenlinden' the two battles of Marengo (the one Bonaparte lost and the one Desaix won) take up 78% of the book whilst Hohenlinden forced the Austrians to make peace. Phipps fills that void by discussing all the campaigns and threading his narrative with the studies of the 25 Frenchmen who were raised the rank for Marshal during the period 1805-15.That said; this book is worth 5 stars and should be added to your library if you are interested in warfare during the period 1792-1815.
