Search Results: Returned 19 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 19
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c1988., Raintree Childrens Books Call No: Biography ADAMS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Recounts the story of the woman with a social conscience who worked with the poor, founded Hull House in Chicago, and became one of the most famous crusaders in America.
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2004., Juvenile, Heinemann Library Call No: 921 ADDAMS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Series Title: American livesSummary Note: This is a biography of the social activist known for founding Hull House in Chicago and for winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931.
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1988, Juvenile, Chelsea Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: American women of achievementSummary Note: Presents the life of Jane Addams, the pioneering social worker responsible for changing America's attitude toward the poor when she opened Hull House, a center for impoverished immigrants in Chicago.
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c2006., Clarion Books Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Publisher description Summary Note: Presents a biography of Jane Addams, suffragist, civil rights activist, and founder of Hull House in the slums of Chicago that draws from hundreds of historical documents; and contains archival photographs of her life and activities.
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2011., Juvenile, Chelsea House Call No: B ADDAMS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Series Title: Women of achievementSummary Note: Presents a biography of Jane Addams, discussing how she overcame the limitations imposed on women in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to become a preeminent political reformer, feminist, and antiwar activist. Includes photographs, a chronology, and further reading sources.
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c1999., Enslow Call No: B ADD Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Historical American biographiesSummary Note: Describes the life of the woman whose devotion to social work led to her establishing Hull House in Chicago and who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931.
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1991., G. Stevens Call No: 921 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: People who have helped the worldSummary Note: A biography of the social worker who promoted world peace & neighborhood cooperation.
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1965, Juvenile, Garrard Call No: 921 Ada Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: A Discovery bookSummary Note: A biography of the pioneer in social work who founded the first settlement house in Chicago.
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c1997., Pre-adolescent, Children's Press Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Community buildersSummary Note: Presents the life of the woman whose devotion to social work led to her establishing Hull House in Chicago and who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931.
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c1997., Pre-adolescent, Children's Press Call No: B Add (Pbk) Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Community buildersSummary Note: Presents the life of the woman whose devotion to social work led to her establishing Hull House in Chicago and who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931.
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Danbury, Connecticut Call No: Ref 031 Roy Edition: 1997. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In this book, you can read not just about the de- termined women who finally won equal rights, and those who helped to change the world, in some way, but about many other courageous and determined wo- men who excelled in all kinds of fields.
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-- Fifty American heroes every kid should meetc2001., Millbrook Call No: 920 DEN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Contains profiles of fifty American men and women from the past and present who have made exceptional, positive contributions to the world, including artists, activists, aviators, scientists, teachers, musicians, inventors, athletes, journalists, jurists, and others.
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1972., F. Watts Call No: 920 Ing Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Includes brief sketches of prominent American women and discusses the contribution of women throughout United States history emphasizing their struggles for equality.
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1995., Libraries Unlimited Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A collection of forty brief stories about contributions made by American women in the areas of civil rights, politics, sports, science, education, medicine, military service, business, and the arts. Elizabeth Freeman, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Belva Lockwood, Maria Pepe, Margaret Gisolo, Isadora Duncan.
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c1990., Scribner Call No: 920 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Great livesSummary Note: Biographical portraits of twenty-nine individuals who fought for human rights, from Roger Williams and Thomas Paine to Eleanor Roosevelt and Martin Luther King.
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c1999., Scribner Call No: B Addams Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography of Jane Addams, founder of the Hull-House settlement and winner of the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize, tracing her transformation from a frail, small-town girl into a woman who inspired others to join her movement to serve the poor.
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2004., Morgan Reynolds Call No: 921 ADDAMS Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: World writersSummary Note: A biography of the woman who established Hull House in Chicago in 1889 to provide medical and legal services, educational opportunities, and social interactions to immigrants and other victims of poverty.
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By Aten, Jerry1986., Torrance, CA Call No: 920 ATE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Discovering American women with reseach related actvities. Louisa May Alcott, Marian Anderson, Elizabeth Blackwell, Julia Child, Amelia Earhart, Chris Evert, Geraldine Ferraro, Jane Fonda, Katharine Hepburn, Mahalia Jackson, Lady Bird Johnson, Helen Keller, Coretta King, Clara Boothe Luce, Dolley Madison, Margaret Mead, Grandma Moses, Sandra Day O'Connor, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Emily Post, Eleanor Roosevelt, Diana Ross, Beverly Sills, Margaret Chase Smith, Gloria Steinem, Lucy Stone, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Barbara Streisand, Harriet Tubman, Barbara Walters, Martha Washington, Frances Willard, Babe Didrikson Zaharias.