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Jane Addams was born
On this day in 1860, Jane Addams was born. Jane was the eighth child born to her mother Sarah Addams, and her father John Huy Addams (Michals). -
Her mother passed away
The mother of Jane Addams, Sarah Weber Addams, passed away when Jane was around two years old (Michals). -
Graduated from Rockford College
She graduated from Rockford Female Seminary (Nobel Prize Outreach AB). -
President James. A Garfield was shot
Along with the rest of the country, Jane Addams learns that President James A. Garfield had been shot. One of her friends' stepbrothers was the one who shot him (Jane Addams Paper Project). -
Trip to Toynbee Hall
Toynbee Hall, which served as the inspiration for the global social settlement movement, was visited by Jane Addams. Later on, as a result of this, Addams decided to start her own settlement home in Chicago (Jane Addams Paper Project). -
Founded Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Jane participates in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union chapter's founding and rises to its presidency in Cedarville (Jane Addams Paper Project). -
Hull-House opens
In Chicago, Jane and Ellen Gates Starr, a friend and coworker, establish the Hull House (Michals). For more information regarding the Hull House, you can visit https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/settlement-houses/hull-house/ -
Twenty Years at Hull-House published
Jane Addams' book Twenty Years at Hull-House was published. This book is still an inspiration to readers to this day (Jane Addams Paper Project). -
First woman awarded a degree at Yale University
In Yale University's history, Jane Addams was the first woman to get an honorary degree (Jane Addams Paper Project). -
establishment of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Jane Addams contributes to the establishment of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
She was also voted as the National Conference of Charities and Corrections' first female president (later National Conference of Social Work) (Jane Addams Paper Project). -
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World War I
World War I began in 1914 and continued on until 1918 (World War I Begins). -
Adoption of the Women's Peace Party
Voters elect her as the first chair of the Woman's Peace Party and preside at the International Congress of Women in The Hague, Netherlands (Jane Addams Paper Project). -
US joined World War I
In 1917 the United States joined World War I after declaring war on Germany (Office of the Historian). -
Chicago Race Riots
An African American teenager who had been swimming accidentally drifted into the white swimming area, resulting in the youth being stoned and finally drowning. This led to the Chicago Race Riot, a violent racial clash between white Americans and African Americans (Augustyn). -
Jane speaks before the Chicago Commission on Race Relations
Jane speaks before the Chicago Commission on Race Relations regarding the Hull-House neighborhood's increased racial and ethnic hostilities in the wake of the city's South Side Race Riot in July 1919 (Jane Addams Paper Project). -
Women gain right to vote
Thanks to the passing of the Nineteenth Amendment, women in the United States were given the right to vote (The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). Read Jane Addams Why Women Should Vote January 1910 article here.
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First American woman awarded Nobel Peace Prize.
She is the first American woman to be given the Nobel Peace Prize, a recognition of her unwavering pacifism throughout World War I (Nobel Prize Outreach AB). -
Jane Addams death
At the age of 74, Jane Addams was laid to rest in her hometown of Cedarville (Michals).