Jane Addams

December 10, 2007: Illinois celebrated the first annual Jane Addams Day

Illinois has a virtual AAUW branch – the Jane Addams online branch. Check it out!

Take our quiz!How well do you know Jane Addams? Read or print the quiz
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Additional Resources

Find books, articles, discover museums and a movie

Publicity

City of Chicago Resolution, various press releases, and a letter to locally promote Jane Addams Day

Promotional Ideas

Ideas for promoting Jane Addams Day (pdf)

Branch Program IdeasRead how other branches have celebrated Jane Addams Day (pdf)

tn_addamsAmong many achievements, Jane Addams was:

    • A founder and the first president of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
    • A founder of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
    • A founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
    • The first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize

Additional Resources

Books

  • Recommended reading list (pdf)
  • Read an excerpt from Citizen, Jane Addams and the Struggle for Democracy by Louise W. Knight. (pdf)
  • Citizen & other books can be ordered online from our official Jane Addams Day bookstore. Visit Women and Children First & enter “Jane Addams” in the search field.
Jane-related Articles by AAUW member Barbara Zeitz (all pdf files)

Museums

Film

  • Dinner at Jane’s is a documentary film directed by Suzanne Lacy. Filmed at Chicago’s Hull-House Museum in September, 1993, during the centennial celebration of the Columbian Exposition.
    Dinner at Jane’s is now available on DVD! For more details, visit http://www.films42.com/feature/JAD09.asp

Publicity