Approaches to the Great Settlement
Balch , Emily
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Balch, Emily. "Approach to the Great Settlement." First Edition, with Map.[ New York ] B.W. Huebsch 1918. Balch won her Noble Peace Prize for her work alongside Jane Addams. Domestically she aided women and children through the settlement program at Hull House, but she also took a global approach through her leadership in the Women's International League of Peace and Freedom. She was an American economist, sociologist and pacifist. Balch combined an academic career at Wellesley College with a long-standing interest in social issues such as poverty, child labor, and immigration, as well as settlement work to uplift poor immigrants and reduce juvenile delinquency. She moved into the peace movement at the start of World War I in 1914, and began collaborating with Jane Addams of Chicago. She became a central leader of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) based in Switzerland, for which she won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946. Seller Inventory # 16699
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Title: Approaches to the Great Settlement
Edition: 1st Edition
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