Jane Addams And The Dream Of American Democracy

In this eagerly anticipated interpretation of the life and work of quintessential " public intellectual" Jane Addams (1860-1935), Jean Bethke Elshtain explores Addams's legacy thematically and chronologically, recounting her embrace of " social feminism," her challenge to the usual cleavage between " conservative" and " liberal," and the growth of Chicago's famed Hull House into a thriving cultural and intellectual centre. Jane Addams and the Dream of American Democracy is a rich and revealing portrait of one of the most extraordinary figures in American history.