Readers who are primarily interested in Addams’ life, particularly in its more private aspects, should turn to Gioia Diliberto’s biography “A Useful Woman: The Early Life of Jane Addams ...

Nobel Peace Prize-winning social worker Jane Addams was never a housewife and was tight with a woman named Mary Rozet Smith. Does that mean she was a lesbian? Does it matter? John D’Emilio, a ...

The Chicago social reformer Jane Addams is safely ensconced in the pantheon of liberal heroes, and for good reason. She had a hand in almost every early-20 th century progressive cause ...

One of the nation’s first housing projects is getting a new life as a public housing ... who left the South in the early 20th century. They moved into the Jane Addams Homes in 1960 after a ...

Jane Addams House (most often referred to as "JA,") is located along Tempel Green. JA is connected to Freeman House, and is also the home of JA Dining Hall (see below). Students of all genders and ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Sun-Times file Share Two passengers died after their car hit a deer and was rear-ended by an SUV early Monday on the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway. The victims ...