Jane Addams


(Sept. 6, 1860-May 21, 1935)

The essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of myself.

Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931, the Illinois native used many methods to enact social change, including the written word. She wrote, in biographies, essays, published speeches and memoirs, on subjects ranging from politics to social ethics to war. Her autobiography Twenty Years at Hull-House is an ambitious documentation of her work founding America’s best known settlement house, and contains the ideas embodied in her struggle to achieve social justice.

2010 Nominee: Named on 2 Ballot(s)

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Nobel Prize Presentation Speech, 1931

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