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Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Jane Addams
Born: September 6, 1860
Died: May 21, 1935 (aged 74)
Bio: Jane Addams was a pioneer American settlement activist/reformer, social worker, public philosopher, sociologist, author, and leader in women's suffrage and world peace. She created the first Hull House.
Known for:
- Democracy and social ethics (1902)
- Newer ideals of peace (1906)
- The spirit of youth and the city streets (1909)
- Peace and bread in time of war (1917)
- A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil (1912)
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