Historic Humanist Series

Jane Addams was born September 6,1860. As an American social reformer and Nobel laureate, she played a prominent part inthe formation of the National Progressive Party in 1912, and became chairperson of the Woman's Peace Party in 1915. That same year she was elected president of theInternational Congress of Women at The Hague, and president of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931.

--Flo Wineriter