The Right to Play: How Jane Addams Fought for America's Playgrounds

by Elizabeth Brown

Jane Addams ensured that all children in the United States had the right to play.

When Jane Addams was a little girl, she had a limp that prevented her from running and playing with the other children in her neighborhood. Eventually her condition improved, and she was able to join in the fun and make new friends. But she never forgot what it felt like to be left out. Jane grew up and moved to Chicago to cofound Hull House, a settlement...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807570745
• ISBN13: 9780807570746
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Length: 32 Pages
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3