Was Jane Addams poor

Answer 1

Quite the opposite! she grew up in a respectable, middle or upper middle class background but was haunted by concern for the poor- and indeed got involved in the slum clearance movement. She founded the Hull House in Chicago which ( although it has relocated) still functions as a settlement house and community center. Miss Addams was known to be involved in international affairs- and won the Nobel Peace Prize in the early thirties- it was a joint award, shared with a man, I believe the economist Sir Robert Angell. consult reference books.