The Jane Addams Reader (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780465019151)

Jane Addams was a prolific and elegant writer. Her twelve books consist largely of published essays, but to appreciate her life work one must also read her previously uncollected speeches and editorials. This artfully compiled collection begins with Addams's youthful Junior Class Oration on women as "Breadgivers," features thoughtful examinations of topics as diverse as "Tolstoy and Gandhi" and "The Public School and the Immigrant Child," and even includes popular essays on "The Subtle Problems of Charity," from The Atlantic Monthly, and "Need a Woman Over Fifty Feel Old?" from Ladies' Home Journal. Along with the writings themselves, Elshtain's insightful commentary offers powerful evidence of Addams's remarkable ability to frame social problems in an ethical context, her unwillingness to succumb to ideological dogma, her political courage, and her lifelong devotion to civic and moral life.

Author: Jean Bethke Elshtain
ISBN-10: 0465019153
ISBN-13: 9780465019151
Publisher: Basic Books
Language: English
Published: 12/20/2001
Pages: 528
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.77lbs
Size: 9.04h x 6.00w x 1.36d

Review Citation(s):
Women's Review of Books 06/01/2002 pg. 16
New York Times 01/05/2003 pg. 16