{"product_id":"9781504042420","title":"Twenty Years at Hull House","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe classic memoir of one of the Progressive Era’s most important reformers and social activists. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIf it is natural to feed the hungry . . . it is certainly natural to give pleasure to the young, comfort to the aged, and to minister to the deep-seated craving for social intercourse that all men feel.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In 1889, Jane Addams and her partner, Ellen Starr, opened the first settlement house in the United States. On Chicago’s West Side, Hull House was devoted to the city’s poor and forgotten, from immigrants and unwed mothers to the elderly, homeless, and hungry. Its charter proclaimed its mission “to provide a center for higher civic and social life, to institute and maintain educational and philanthropic enterprises, and to investigate and improve the conditions in the industrial districts of Chicago.” In \u003ci\u003eTwenty Years at Hull House\u003c\/i\u003e, Addams chronicles her revolutionary work from its conception in the Gilded Age through the dawn of the Progressive Era.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e A cofounder of the American Civil Liberties Union and the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, Addams devoted her life to realizing a more noble vision of democracy. More than a personal memoir, \u003ci\u003eTwenty Years at Hull-House\u003c\/i\u003e is a landmark document of social theory and political history.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127102882032,"sku":"9781504042420","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781504042420_p0.jpg?v=1763711820","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781504042420","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}