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Show w . JANE ADDAMS ADDAMS- ADDAMSThe . - The death of \ Miss 1\iiss 1 iiss Jane Addams in Chicago a few v days y ago f0 remot re- re remOves - . has produced mOves mot es one of the most remarkable women America and politIcal re- re refOlmer reformer - Her achievements as settlement "Olker Olker worker " , socIal her herworldwide herworldwide fOlmer former , author , lecturer and ardent peace advocate , blOUght brought world-wide world wide BOI Born B'o Bo B'oV B'odaiville ' - n V m in fame Cedarville Cedm daiville . vIlle , , 111 III Ill . , September 6 , 1860 , Miss Addams had hadthe hadthe hadthe the benefit of an unusual education , supplemented by seveial several yearsof yearsof years of foreign fore1gn travel . . , , ? - - , ? rr , , caIn , Hull Housesettlement Housesettlement House Housesettlement In 1899 , , with w1th Ellen Gates Starr , , she opened QPened the settlement in Chicago , of which she has since smce been the head . . Her Hermterest Herinterest tierinterest mterest interest in 1U sociological soclOlogical theories caused her to devote her life to topractical topractical topractical practical efforts in m behalf of the poor and degraded , a work 111 in 111which inwhich inwhich which she achieved marked success . . from several American umveisities univelsities universities , She . had honorary . . degrees . . , . . , . . " - l- l lQC - t/\WOn t WOn tWOnana - - - - - i < r .LI- .LI .LI,1 - - - - - - ,1 1 * tiiT/lK tiiT lK / bestowed bestowedby bestowedby > QC / \ and ana in in 1910 iuiu she sne was given given the me fIrst 11101 ' honorary nuiiui-atj nuiiui atj - degree "v-fa "v v fa "vfav " - v- v v1 - ever - 1 , ; ' iby the ' Woman's Womans 'Voman's Vomans ' Internaho Internatio Internation'l Internationl InternahoLeague ' ' of by Yale on a woman . As president League for Peace she presided over conventions at The ine Hrgue H ilgucZurich ? ' guc , ZUrlch Zurich , Vienna , Washington , Dublin and Prague . In 1931 she shared the Nobel Peace prize with Dr . Nicholas Nicholaslru NicholasMurray NicholasMunay and the was given the Bryn MawrachIevement Mawrachievement Mawr l\ru l ru Murray \ lay Butler , same year achievement award of $5000 5000 $ . . While by some Miss Addams was considered quite radical in inher inher inher her social and political views , no one ever questioned questioned'her questionedher ner her ' sincerity sincerityor , or the fact that she perfoimed perfOlmed performed yeoman service for distressed distressednumanIty distressedhumanity distressedhumanity numanIty humanity during durmg her long life hfe . |