Twenty Years at Hull-House with Autobiographical Notes

8vo. [6], vii-xvii, [1], 1-462, [2], [4] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Red publisher's cloth with a gold border and gold lettering on the front board, a mounted color illustration of Hull-House on the front board, gold lettering and gold rules on the spine; top edge gilt. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Addams and with eleven additional plates: some are drawings, some are black and white photographs. With additional black and white drawings, full-page and in-text. Illustrations by Norah Hamilton of Hull-House. National Women's History Museum, Debra Michaels, "Jane Addams 1860-1935". The Nobel Prize, "Jane Addams Biographical". Inscribed by Addams on the free front endpaper, the inscription states it was given to a Miss Dewey at Hull-House with the compliments of the author (there is a record of an Ethel Lillian Dewey who lived and worked at Hull-House as an educator for many years, after Addams' death Dewey was one of four women who were appointed to run Hull-House). Jane Addams was a vigorous social activist, and established the first settlement house in the United States (Hull-House, Chicago) after a journey to London during which she and her companion visited Toynbee House. The settlement house served many functions in the community: it offered a childcare center, a night school, employment assistance, and was a beacon of hope for women in the city who were down on their luck. Throughout her life Addams advocated for women's suffrage, women's independence, and for world peace. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931. Addams was a force for social change in Chicago, investigating drug abuse, midwifery practices, sanitary policies of the city, among other initiatives. This volume tells the feminist's story from her own point of view, and reflects Addams' grit and determination to forge a better world for women everywhere. A few traces of rubbing to the boards' edges, a few tape ghosts, mostly in the gutter of the binding but there's one on the margin of the frontis, half-title, and title pages.…