

Democracy and Social Ethics
Author: Jane Addams
Narrator: Rose Itzcovitz
Unabridged: 4 hr 43 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Ascent Audio
Published: 06/11/2013
Categories: Nonfiction, Literary Collections
Author: Jane Addams
Narrator: Rose Itzcovitz
Unabridged: 4 hr 43 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Ascent Audio
Published: 06/11/2013
Categories: Nonfiction, Literary Collections
I found it hard to put myself into the mind of a brilliant woman in 1902, a woman who was well aware of social issues and inequity. I will try to read her book 20 years at Hull house to see if I can get a better sense of her work and life.......more
A fine book (pamphlet, almost), which touches on many of the themes Addams addresses in "Twenty Years at Hull-House." But without the focus on specific individuals and stories, the arguments lose some of their timeless quality. I can see why this book is not as widely read today as TYHH.......more
Best known as the founder of Hull House, a community center in Chicago for immigrants and other marginalized people, Jane Addams was also a forceful thinker about social issues. This slender volume, first published in 1902, gathers a series of her lectures, all guided by a belief that American socie......more