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Jane Addams was born in Cedarville, Illinois, on September 6, 1860.
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Sarah Addams, Jane Addams' mother, died.
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John Addams, Jane Addams father, remarries. He marries Anna Haldeman.
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Jane Addams graduates from Rockford Female Seminary with a GPA of 9.9 out of 10.
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Jane Addmas and her companions begin a two-year tour, traveling to about a dozen countries.
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Addams returns from her two-year expedition. She goes back to Cedarville, Illinois.
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Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr open up the Hull House and live there. The Hull House was a place where people who couldn't afford an education could get one for free.
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Addams co-founds the National Association fpr the Advancement of Colored People. She was also a member of the Daughters of the American Revelution.
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Addams is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her pacifist acts.
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Jane Addams dies at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday, May 21, 1935at 74 years old.
