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Citizen (Paperback, New Ed)
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Jane Addams was the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace
Prize. Now "Citizen," Louise W. Knight's masterful biography,
reveals Addams's early development as a political activist and
social philosopher. In this book we observe a powerful mind
grappling with the radical ideas of her age, most notably the
ever-changing meanings of democracy.
"Citizen" covers the first half of Addams's life, from 1860 to
1899. Knight recounts how Addams, a child of a wealthy family in
rural northern Illinois, longed for a life of larger purpose. She
broadened her horizons through education, reading, and travel, and,
after receiving an inheritance upon her father's death, moved to
Chicago in 1889 to co-found Hull House, the city's first settlement
house. "Citizen" shows vividly what the settlement house actually
was--a neighborhood center for education and social gatherings--and
describes how Addams learned of the abject working conditions in
American factories, the unchecked power wielded by employers, the
impact of corrupt local politics on city services, and the
intolerable limits placed on women by their lack of voting rights.
These experiences, Knight makes clear, transformed Addams. Always a
believer in democracy as an abstraction, Addams came to understand
that this national ideal was also a life philosophy and a mandate
for civic activism by all.
As her story unfolds, Knight astutely captures the enigmatic
Addams's compassionate personality as well as her flawed human
side. Written in a strong narrative voice, "Citizen" is an
insightful portrait of the formative years of a great American
leader.
"Knight's decision to focus on Addams's early years is a stroke of
genius. We knowa great deal about Jane Addams the public figure. We
know relatively little about how she made the transition from the
19th century to the 20th. In Knight's book, Jane Addams comes to
life. . . . "Citizen" is written neither to make money nor to gain
academic tenure; it is a gift, meant to enlighten and improve. Jane
Addams would have understood."--Alan Wolfe, "New York"" Times Book
Review"
"My only complaint about the book is that there wasn't more of it.
. . . Knight honors Addams as an American original."--Kathleen
Dalton, "Chicago"" Tribune
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