JANE ADDAMS WINS PEACE PRIZE
Chicago, Illinois (JFK+50) On December 10, 1931, Jane Addams* was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the first American woman** to win the coveted award. Miss Adams was president of the Women's International League For Peace and Freedom.
According to the Nobel Prize website, Jane Addams "worked for many years to get the great powers to disarm and conclude peace agreements." She also worked to help the poor and was co-founder of Chicago's Hull House.
As national chair of the Woman's Peace Party, Miss Adams spoke out against the entry of the United States into the First World War.
*Jane Addams (1860-1935) was born in Cedarville, IL & educated at Rockford Female Seminary.
**Marie Curie became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in 1903.
SOURCES
"Jane Addams-Facts," The Official Site of the Nobel Prize, www.nobelprize.org/
"Nobel Prize Awarded Women," The Official Site of the Nobel Prize, www.nobelprize.org/
Chicago, Illinois (JFK+50) On December 10, 1931, Jane Addams* was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the first American woman** to win the coveted award. Miss Adams was president of the Women's International League For Peace and Freedom.
According to the Nobel Prize website, Jane Addams "worked for many years to get the great powers to disarm and conclude peace agreements." She also worked to help the poor and was co-founder of Chicago's Hull House.
As national chair of the Woman's Peace Party, Miss Adams spoke out against the entry of the United States into the First World War.
*Jane Addams (1860-1935) was born in Cedarville, IL & educated at Rockford Female Seminary.
**Marie Curie became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in 1903.
SOURCES
"Jane Addams-Facts," The Official Site of the Nobel Prize, www.nobelprize.org/
"Nobel Prize Awarded Women," The Official Site of the Nobel Prize, www.nobelprize.org/
Jane Addams
Bain News Service (1920s)
Library of Congress Photo
