The book “Jane Addams: Spirit in Action” was written by Louise W. Knight and published in September, 2010. It includes a precise and well elaborated bibliography of Jane Addams. The focus of the book is on gender roles, politics, race, culture, labor and law. It introduces the Great depression and progressive campaigns done by Addams. She is one of the nation’s radical progressives and a great legacy of social and political reforms. Jane Addams was the first American women to win a Nobel Peace Prize. She was born in the year 1860 and passed away in the year 1935. In particular, “this book is the story of how Jane Addams…increasingly thought of herself, released her own spirit, and, worked with others.” With this Jane Addams was an astonishing …show more content…
They were allowed to have their own women’s gatherings and such, but as soon as it came to the power structure they were completely pushed away because they had no voice in it. Addams was a member of the executive committee chosen out of approximately nine women. Showing that Addams was a well-established women respected by many men and women. Moreover, Jane Addams in world war one of August, made a meeting of settlement leaders and many others to talk about the options they had but instead they were concerned about the progressive agenda. Continuing with the women’s suffrage association, they had a meeting in Washington and then became the women’s peace party, which elected Jane Addams as the president. She had been giving speeches for five years about the women’s suffrage and collected thousands of signatures on a suffrage petition. Furthermore, Jane Addams’ extraordinary passion motivated many others as well and helped her with the campaigns she directed. “She spent her youth subordinating her desire for independence and meaningful work to society’s notion of proper conduct for the dutiful daughter of an affluent businessman.” (Louise W. KNight/ Reviewed by Wendy Smith