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JANE See also: American sociologist, was See also: born at Cedarville, See also: Illinois, on the 6th of See also: September 186o
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After graduating at See also: Rockford (Illinois) See also: Female Seminary (now See also: Rock-See also: ford See also: College) in 1881, she spent several years in the study of economic and sociological questions in both See also: Europe and See also: America, and in 1889 with See also: Miss Ellen See also: Gates Starr established in See also: Chicago, Illinois, the social See also: settlement known as See also: Hull See also: House, of which she became the See also: head-worker
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The success of this settlement, which became a See also: great factor for See also: good in the city, was principally due to Miss See also: Addams's rare executive skill and See also: practical See also: common-sense methods
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Her See also: personal participation in the See also: life of the community is exemplified in her acceptance of the office of inspector of streets and alleys under the municipal See also: government
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She became widely known as a lecturer and writer on social problems and published Democracy and Social See also: Ethics (1902), Newer Ideals of See also: Peace (1907), and The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets (1909)
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