Cancer Deaths in Illinois - Enrico Fermi, Jane Addams, Alfred Lunt, Wesley Willis, Walter Payton, George Halas, Gwendolyn Brooks (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 67. Chapters: Enrico Fermi, Jane Addams, Alfred Lunt, Wesley Willis, Walter Payton, George Halas, Gwendolyn Brooks, Big Bill Broonzy, Jimmy Staggs, Joseph Bernardin, Ted Radcliffe, Carolyn Rodgers, Yury Verlinsky, Johnny Kerr, Gene Siskel, Henry Burr, Algis Budrys, Bill Wirtz, Harry Aleman, Judith Krug, William C. Marland, Leigh Van Valen, J. Roderick MacArthur, Etta Moten Barnett, Otis Spann, Dizzy Trout, John E. Grotberg, Danitra Vance, Rene Capo, Otto Kerner, Jr., J. B. Hutto, Arnie Morton, Eugene Goldwasser, Michael Whitney Straight, Pamela Britton, Donal Donnelly, Dick Cusack, Lynne Cooper Harvey, Edward Hanrahan, Christopher Kovacevich, Edward Rell Madigan, Barkin' Bill Smith, Edward Baker Lincoln, Richard Pearlman, Donald Stephens, Malachi Thompson, Jay Berwanger, Haydee Yorac, Richard P. Myers, Charles Hayes, Eunice Tietjens, Fred Below, Willye White, Frank Schweihs, Robert Nason Beck, A.C. Reed, Phil Guy, Maureen Murphy, Lester Davenport, Charles Johnson, Bob Waldmire, Harold Pierce, Eugene Record, Carl Wright, Booba Barnes, George A. Stephen, Buddy Scott, Irving Thalberg, Jr., Donald Ginsberg, Lee Pelty, Homer Judd. Excerpt: Jane Addams (September 6, 1860 - May 21, 1935) in a long, complex career, she was a pioneer settlement worker, founder of Hull House in Chicago, public philosopher (the first American woman in that role), sociologist, author, and leader in woman suffrage and world peace. With presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson she was the most prominent reformer of the Progressive Era and helped turn the nation to issues of concern to mothers, such as the needs of children, public health and world peace. She emphasized that women have a special responsibility to clean up their communities and make them better places to live, arguing they needed the vote to be effective. Addams became a role model for m...