In this eagerly anticipated interpretation of the life and work of quintessential public intellectual Jane Addams (1860-1935), Jean Bethke Elshtain explores Addams's legacy thematically and chronologically, recounting her embrace of social feminism, her challenge to the usual cleavage between conservative and liberal, and the growth of Chicago's famed Hull House into a thriving cultural and intellectual center.
Jane Addams and the Dream of American Democracy is a rich and revealing portrait of one of the most extraordinary figures in American history.
About the Author Jean Bethke Elshtain is the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of Social and Political Ethics at the University of Chicago.
She is the author of Just War Against Terror and Democracy on Trial, among other books.
She lives in Nashville, Tennessee and Chicago, Illinois.
Basic Books Jane addams and the dream of american democracy, paperback/jean bethke elshtain
