A New Conscience and An Ancient Evil
New York: Macmillan, 1912.
Price: $300.00
Hardcover. First edition. Handwritten church ownership statement on the front fly, near fine in a very good dustwrapper lacking the top .75" of the spine, just touching the top of the title. The fragile jacket is uncommon. Addams on the problems of "white slavery."
Item #295514
Jane Addams
birth name: Laura Jane Addams
born: 9/6/1860
died: 5/21/1935
Biography
A prominent humanist, feminist, and pacifist who founded the American Settlement House movement (specifically in the form of Chicago's Hull House) and was the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. She was a cousin of the noted humorist and cartoonist Charles Addams.more