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Jane Addams: Progressive Pioneer of Peace, Philosophy, Sociology, Social Work and Public Administration

Jane Addams: Progressive Pioneer of Peace, Philosophy, Sociology, Social Work and Public Administration

Shields, Patricia

Paperback

Series: Pioneers in Arts, Humanities, Science, Engineering, Practice, Book 10

Biographies GeneralPolitical Biographies

ISBN10: 3319844520
ISBN13: 9783319844527
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Jul 13 2018
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.71
Height: 0.48 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book examines the life and works of Jane Addams who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (1931). Addams led an international women's peace movement and is noted for spearheading a first-of-its-kind international conference of women at The Hague during World War I. She helped to found the Women's International League of Peace and Freedom. She was also a prophetic peace theorist whose ideas were dismissed by her contemporaries. Her critics conflated her activism and ideas with attempts to undermine the war effort. Perhaps more important, her credibility was challenged by sexist views characterizing her as a silly old woman. Her omission as a pioneering, feminist, peace theorist is a contemporary problem. This book recovers and reintegrates Addams and her concept of positive peace, which has relevancy for UN peacekeeping operations and community policing.

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