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Jane Adams (born 1965) is an American actress and screenwriter. Known for her work in independent cinema , her acting credits include Light Sleeper (1992), Happiness (1998), Mumford (1999), Songcatcher (2000), The Anniversary Party (2001), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Little Children (2006), All the Light in the Sky ...
Laura Jane Addams [1] (September 6, 1860 – May 21, 1935) was an American settlement activist, reformer, social worker, [2] [3] sociologist, [4] public administrator, [5] [6] philosopher, [7] [8] and author. She was a leader in the history of social work and women's suffrage in the United States. [9]
May 17, 2024 · Jane Addams, American social reformer and pacifist, cowinner of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1931. She is best known as a cofounder (with Ellen Gates Starr) of Hull House in Chicago, one of the first social settlements in North America, which was established to aid needy immigrants.
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Jane Adams. Actress: Happiness. Jane Adams has performed theatre at the Seattle Repertory Theatre. The plays include "Love Diatribe," "The Nice and the Nasty," and "Greetings From Elsewhere Cabaret."
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Jul 3, 2023 · Jane Adams Hopes The Idol Offends You: “Go Ahead. Hate It. I Don’t Care” Over her 30-plus-year career, Adams has consistently starred in incendiary, controversial projects. But as she tells...
Apr 16, 2010 · Learn about Jane Addams, a pioneer of the settlement house movement and a Nobel Peace Prize winner. She founded Hull House in Chicago, fought for social reforms and opposed World War I.
Jane Addams (born Laura Jane Addams, September 6, 1860-May 21, 1935) won worldwide recognition in the first third of the twentieth century as a pioneer social worker in America, as a feminist, and as an internationalist. She was born in Cedarville, Illinois, the eighth of nine children.
