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Jane Addams: Progressive Pioneer of Peace, Philosophy, Sociology, Social Work and Public Administration (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
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Jane Addams: Progressive Pioneer of Peace, Philosophy, Sociology, Social Work and Public Administration (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Series: Pioneers in Arts, Humanities, Science, Engineering, Practice, 10
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This book examines the life and works of Jane Addams who was
awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (1931). Addams led an international
women's peace movement and is noted for spearheading a
first-of-its-kind international conference of women at The Hague
during World War I. She helped to found the Women's International
League of Peace and Freedom. She was also a prophetic peace
theorist whose ideas were dismissed by her contemporaries. Her
critics conflated her activism and ideas with attempts to undermine
the war effort. Perhaps more important, her credibility was
challenged by sexist views characterizing her as a "silly" old
woman. Her omission as a pioneering, feminist, peace theorist is a
contemporary problem. This book recovers and reintegrates Addams
and her concept of "positive peace," which has relevancy for UN
peacekeeping operations and community policing. Addams began her
public life as a leader of the U.S. progressive era (1890 - 1920)
social reform movement. She combined theory and action through her
settlement work in the, often contentious, immigrant communities of
Chicago. These experiences were the springboard for her innovative
theories of democracy and peace, which she advanced through
extensive public speaking engagements, 11 books and hundreds of
articles. While this book focuses on Addams as peace theorist and
activist it also shows how her eclectic interests and feminine
standpoint led to pioneering efforts in American pragmatism,
sociology, public administration and social work. Each field, which
traces its origin to this period, is actively recovering Addams'
contributions.
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