Jane Addams's memoir documenting twenty years of life at Hull House — the Chicago settlement house she co-founded — as both autobiography and social philosophy.
Demonstrates that philosophy must arise from direct engagement with social problems; weaves theory and practice through narrative of immigrant community life, labor organizing, and democratic reform.
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