American Heroine: The Life and Legend of Jane Addams

by Allen F. Davis

Book Overview

Books about Jane Addams-founder of Hull House, social reformer, suffragist, pacifist, and one of the most greatly admired women in American history-come and go, but Allen Davis's account of her life, work, and ideas remains the standard biography. "Davis has written not only the best study of Jane Addams, but perhaps the best biography of any great American woman."-William L. O'Neill. With a new Introduction by the author.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 156663296X
• ISBN13: 9781566632966
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
• Length: 367 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

An outstanding, detailed, informative biography.

This truly outstanding and detailed biography of Jane Addams surveys the founder of Hull House, a social reformer who was one of the most admired women in American history. American Heroine recounts her life, work and ideas, providing chapters which go into far more depth and detail than most reviews of her life, probing the philosophy behind her works and the atmosphere of her times.

One of the Best Book I Ever Read

Jane Addams was a remarkable woman. This book is the best biography written of her life. She was a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in her later life. Her liberal views of American society are covered thoroughly by this author in his chapters of her early work at Hull House, and her later work for world peace. A must read book for every woman, because Jane Addams was truly an American woman.