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Jane Addams is the first American woman to be bestowed with the Nobel Peace Prize, which she was awarded in 1931. At age twenty-nine, Jane opened Hull House in Chicago in 1889 with her partner, Ellen Gates Starr. Hull House was a community within a building. Along with being a place for people to live, Hull House also included a day care, gym, college classes, a trade school, libraries, a community kitchen, and a playground for the children.<\/p>\n
In 1910, Jane became the first female president of the National Conference for Social Work. She was also an activist, and worked hard to promote ideas like an eight-hour work day, fair housing, assistance for immigration, and worker\u2019s compensation for injuries sustained at work. In her free time, she was a founding member of the American Civil Liberties Union, and participated in several committees to improve the lives of her neighbors, many of whom were immigrants.<\/p>\n
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