Letter Jane Addams to Edith Abbott 1913-09-04

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Jane Addams to Edith Abbott 14 September 1913: A TEI Edition Abbott/Addams Letter Digitization Project Emily Benes Caitlin Henry Seolha Lee Rosamond Thalken the TEI Archiving, Publishing, and Access Service (TAPAS)
360 Huntington Avenue Northeastern University Boston, MA 02115
27 April 2018

This file is free to download, share, or repurpose for educational and project development purposes.

 Jane Addams Jane Addams to Edith Abbott, 04 Sep 1913 September 04, 1913 Edith and Grace Abbott, Papers (MS 129). Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries. view page image(s) Baymeath, Bar Harbor, Maine. My dear Miss Abbott,

Will you make another effort to come to see us and if possible in any way bring your sister!

Our September guests have . At least two of them — so that we have plenty of room and want you very much indeed. view page image(s) Please do for a few days before Sept. 20.

Mary Smith and Mrs Bowen send their love to you as does your devotedly

Jane Addams. Sept 4th 1913

Edith Abbott

Edith Abbott was born on September 26, 1876 in Grand Island, Nebraska, into a politically and socially active Nebraskan family. After receiving a degree at the University of Nebraska, Edith attended the University of Chicago on a fellowship to study political economy. In 1905, she obtained her doctoral degree and spent multiple years at the University College London studying social economics and welfare. She returned to the United States to continue a successful career of teaching and researching social welfare alongside Grace Abbott, Sophonisba Breckinridge, and other women at Jane Addams’ Hull House. Abbott’s work focused on social statistics as a methodology to look critically at women’s rights, child labor, immigration, and public welfare. She was promoted to Dean of the University of Chicago’s School of Social Service Administration in 1924, and held that position until retiring in 1942.

Mary Rozet Smith

Mary Rozet Smith was born on December 23, 1868 in Chicago, Illinois, to wealthy parents who gave her the fortune to be the benefactor and trustee of Hull House. She began to volunteer at Hull House around 1889, teaching in the kindergarten. Although she was never a resident at the settlement house, she engaged deeply in her work at the House, managing the nursery and clubs and especially looking after things related to children. Her father, Mary Charles Mather Smith, financed the opening of The Children’s Building at Hull House. Smith’s philanthropy reached out beyond Hull House to other settlement houses in Chicago, and she was involved with various other organizations. As Jane Addams’s lifelong companion, Smith took care of Addams who often fell ill. On February 22, 1934, Smith died from pneumonia at the age of 65.

Louise deKoven Bowen

Louise deKoven Bowen was born on February 26, 1859 in Chicago, Illinois. She became involved at Hull House during its early years in 1983 and later became an officer and trustee of the settlement house. Perhaps her most significant legacy from her time at Hull House is her development of the Bowen Country Club, a summer camp for the underprivileged children of Hull House. Though she was mostly active in improving conditions for children and immigrants, Bowen also took part in the suffragette movement and fought to extend the limits of a woman’s role in the church system. She became president of the Hull House association after Jane Addams’ death in 1935 and remained socially and politically active until her death at 94 years old.

Jane Addams

Jane Addams was born on September 6, 1860 in Cedarville, Illinois in a wealthy family. She received the bachelor's degree from Rockford College for Women in 1882. She studied medicine at the Woman's Medical College of Philadelphia, but completed only one year due to her poor health. Inspired from her visit to Toynbee Hall, a settlement house in London, she co-founded Hull House with Ellen Gates Starr in 1889 to help immigrants in Chicago. Addams was actively engaged in woman suffrage and international peace movement serving as an officer in the National American Woman's Suffrage Association and leading organizations such as Women's Peace Party, the International Congress of Women and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize at the age of 71. Addams died of cancer in 1935.

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Jane Addams to Edith Abbott 14 September 1913: A TEI Edition Abbott/Addams Letter Digitization Project Emily Benes Caitlin Henry Seolha Lee Rosamond Thalken the TEI Archiving, Publishing, and Access Service (TAPAS)
360 Huntington Avenue Northeastern University Boston, MA 02115
27 April 2018

This file is free to download, share, or repurpose for educational and project development purposes.

 Jane Addams Jane Addams to Edith Abbott, 04 Sep 1913 September 04, 1913 Edith and Grace Abbott, Papers (MS 129). Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries. Jane Addams Edith Abbott Baymeath, Bar Harbor, Maine. My dear Miss Abbott,

Will you make another effort to come to see us and if possible in any way bring your sister!

Our September guests have . At least two of them — so that we have plenty of room and want you very much indeed. Please do for a few days before Sept. 20.

Mary Smith and Mrs Bowen send their love to you as does your devotedly

Jane Addams. Sept 4th 1913