Twenty Years At Hull-House, With Autobiographical Notes (With Unique Archive Of First Child Born At Hull House)
Addams, Jane; Illustrations By Norah Hamilton, Signed By Jane Addams And Louie De Koven Bowen And Mrs. J. L. Howe
Language: English
Published by The Macmillan Company, New York, 1910
- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
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Xvii, 462 Pp. + 4 Pp Ads At Rear. Red-Brown Cloth, Gilt, Color Illustration Mounted On Front Cover, Top Edge Gilt, Light Green Endpapers. Third Printing, December 1910, Of The First Edition. Signed "Jane Addams Hull-House" And "Louise De Koven Bowen" On Preliminary Blank, With Signature Beneath Of Mrs. J. E. Howe Dated 1910, And A Few Pencil Notes Relating To Gertrude Howe Britton (1868-1951), Social Worker And Birth Control Activist, Resident Of Hull-House, Who Was In Charge Of The Hull-House Children's Clubs, Later A Member Of The Chicago Board Of Education And Was Wife Of James Howe Britton (1876-1956), Resident Physician Of Hull-House, They Were The Parents Of The First Child Born At Hull House. She Is Frequently Mentioned In Articles And Books About Addams And Hull-House; In The 1929 Year Book She Is Cited For Meeting Weekly With The Mexican Consul And Neighborhood Residents. With Ephemera: Photographically Illustrated "From The Christmas Concert Hull House, Christmas Card Circa 1910/1930 Of The Brittons; An Invitation From Jane Addams To The Brittons' 25Th Anniversary At Hull House 1929; An Invitation From Addams And The Brittons To A Reception For The Brittons' Son James Howe Britton; An Invitation To The Christening Of Their Daughter Janith, And A Related Newspaper Clipping; And An Announcement For The Opening Of The Joint Medical Offices Of The Brittons' Father And Son In Altadena, Probably Circa 1950. Louise De Koven Bowen (1859-1953) Had An Activist Career In Social And Women's Issues In Chicago For Many Decades. She Was Vice-President, Illinois Equal Suffrage Association, Director, Woman's Club Of Chicago, Treasurer And President Of The Board Of Directors, Hull House, President, Juvenile Protection Association, Auditor, Nawsa; She Donated Extensive Country Lands For The "Camp And Summer Camp At The "Hull-House And Bowen Country Club". With Other Ephemera Including Newspaper Clippings And Magazine Articles; Brochure "All Work And No Play: A Plea For Saturday Afternoon", By Jane Sheldrick Howe, 1910, Juvenile Protective Association; Hull-House Year Book 40Th Year (1929), Discussing Gertrude Howe Britton's Work Including Her 1925 "Our Mexican Patients In Central Free Dispensary"; "Cathedral Of Compassion: Dramatic Outline Of The Work Of Jane Addams 1860-1935", Signed Limited Edition Additionally Inscribed To Kathryn Howe Miller "Old Hull House Kid)(Mrs. Herman W. Miller) From Hazel Taylor, And With A Loose Slip Regarding Subscriptions To Announcements Of Hull House Exhibitions; "Before And After Trouble", Pamphlet, Hull-House1956; "A Social Settlement In Times Of Neighborhood Change", Hull House 1957; Announcement, Invitation, And Personal Letter From The President Inviting The Recipient To The Hull-House Moving Party, 1963; "Hull House Association", Brochure, 1963.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Twenty Years At Hull-House, With Autobiographical Notes (With Unique Archive Of First Child Born At Hull House)
- Author
- Addams, Jane; Illustrations By Norah Hamilton, Signed By Jane Addams And Louie De Koven Bowen And Mrs. J. L. Howe
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company, New York
- Publication year
- 1910
- Condition
- Very Good
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Photographs, Illustrations By Norah Hamilton
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 3rd Printing
- Seller catalogs
- Radical Literature, Rare And Unusual Books, Sociology and Social Psychology
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