![]() ![]() Elshtain helps us understand the range of activities Addams pursued: Many preconceptions about Addams have been formed over the years-she was a socialist she was a paternalistic elitist, and so forth-but an encounter with Twenty Years will do much to diminish that, and to reveal her as an extraordinarily imaginative and thoughtful civic entrepreneur, tackling some of the same problems of social division that we continue to face today.įor those of you who would like to learn a bit more about Jane Addams' contribution to American civic renewal, Jean Bethke Elshtain's biography Jane Addams and the Dream of American Democracy is on our "strongly recommended" list. ![]() After all, one of Addams' first events at the newly opened Hull House in 1889 was a free-for-all discussion of George Eliot's Romola with her Italian immigrant neighbors.) Yes, we made the entire volume "assigned reading" for the discussion, which took place on July 24th-noon to 2 pm. ![]() Nothing would show greater appreciation than a public discussion of the classic book written by its founder Jane Addams, Twenty Years at Hull-House. ![]() This summer, we at the Bradley Center intended to honor and celebrate its contributions to human welfare and the powerful civic spirit that sustained it for so long. After 122 years of service, Chicago's famous Hull-House closed earlier this year. ![]()
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