The Jane Addams reader / edited by Jean Bethke Elshtain.

• PART ONE: INTRODUCTION: "THE STATE OF PREPARATION" AND THE CREATION OF A VOCATION: The Macbeth of Shakespeare -- Bread givers -- Cassandra -- The subjective necessity for social settlements -- The objective value of a social settlement -- The settlement as a factor in the labor movement -- The subtle problems of charity -- Filial relations -- The influence of Lincoln -- The snare of preparation -- PART TWO: INTRODUCTION: JUSTICE AND AMELIORATION: FINDING DEMOCRACY'S MIDDLE WAY: Why the ward boss rules -- The wrecked foundations of domesticity -- The thirst for righteousness -- Survivals of militarism in city government -- A modern Lear -- Moral education and legal protection of children -- Religious education and contemporary social conditions -- The Chicago settlements and social unrest -- The home and the special child -- If men were seeking the franchise -- The public school and the immigrant child -- Americanization -- PART THREE: INTRODUCTION: WOMEN'S REMEMBERING HEART: BREAD-GIVING, PEACE-MAKING, AND SYMPATHY AS POLITICAL FORCES: Women's conscience and social amelioration -- The sheltered woman and the Magdalen -- Introduction (from The Second Twenty Years at Hull-House) -- Aspects of the woman's movement -- Contrasts in post-war generation -- A review of Bread Rations and Woman's Traditions -- Personal reactions in time of war -- Address of Miss Addams at Carnegie Hall (The revolt against war) -- Women's memories: challenging war -- Patriotism and pacifists in wartime -- Friendship with Florence Kelley: National Conference on Social Work -- PART FOUR: INTRODUCTION: CULTURE, CHARACTER, AND THE POWER OF MEMORY: Pen and book as tests of character -- Women's memories: transmitting the past, as illustrated by the story of the Devil Baby -- Women's memories: reaction on life, as illustrated by the story of the Devil Baby -- A personal experience in interpreting memory -- The play instinct and the arts -- Need a woman over fifty feel old? -- Tolstoy and Gandhi -- Our national self-righteousness.

Ämnesord

Women social workers  -- United States -- Biography. (LCSH)

Women social reformers  -- United States -- Biography. (LCSH)

Sociale ethiek.  (gtt)

Politieke ethiek.  (gtt)

Sociale actie.  (gtt)

Kvinnliga socialarbetare  -- Förenta staterna (sao)

Kvinnliga nobelpristagare  -- Förenta staterna (sao)

Genre

Biografier  (saogf)

Personnamn

Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 -- Political and social views.

Addams, Jane, 1860-1935

Institutionsnamn

Hull House (Chicago, Ill.) -- History.

Indexterm och SAB-rubrik

Lz Biografi: särskilda personer

Klassifikation

HV28.A35 (LCC)

361.92 (DDC)

B (DDC)

79.10 (bcl)

Lz Addams, Jane (kssb/8)