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Both were Humanitarians. Mr. Riis authored the study ( How the Other Half Lives) an expose of slums and related conditions. almost ironically he was posthumously honored as the namesake of a Park, which includes among other things, a Golf Course- hardly a poverty-related activity!

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Jacob Riis was a Danish-American journalist and social reformer known for his work documenting the living conditions of New York City's tenements in the late 19th century. Jane Addams was an American social worker and feminist who co-founded the Hull House in Chicago, a settlement house that provided social services to immigrants and the poor. Both Riis and Addams were influential figures in the Progressive Era and advocated for social change and reform.

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