A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil

Addams, Jane

Published by The Macmillan Company, New York, 1912

About this Item

8vo. [8], ix-xi, [4], 4-219, [1], [7] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [1] pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine; top edge gilt. Addams' dissertation on prostitution in the United States, specifically the trafficking of white female immigrants from Europe to the United States. Often these women would be lured with the promise of marriage or a better life in the United States, but forced into prostitution upon their arrival. Addams' advocates for new legislation to protect these women, one of many moral causes she championed during her lifetime. ANB, Victoria Bissell Brown "Addams, Jane (06 September 1860-21 May 1935)". Jane Addams was famous for her Hull House, a boarding house for disadvantaged girls and women. She was a Vice President of NAWSA, one of the founding members of the NAACP, and the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Jane Addams is remembered as a social activist, and worked hard to advance an American social safety net and other progressive reforms during her lifetime. A Very Good or better copy with a small bump to the bottom textblock and a bookplate and name on the front preliminaries. Seller Inventory # 000010073

Bibliographic Details

Title: A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil

Publisher: The Macmillan Company, New York

Publication Date: 1912

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Edition: First edition.