@article{779147,
      recid = {779147},
      author = {Shileds, Patricia.},
      title = {Jane Addams : progressive pioneer of peace, philosophy,  sociology, social work and public administration.},
      publisher = {Springer International Publishing,},
      address = {Cham :},
      pages = {1 online resource (208 pages)},
      year = {2017},
      abstract = {This book examines the life and works of Jane Addams who  was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (1931). Addams led an  international women's peace movement and is noted for  spearheading a first-of-its-kind international conference  of women at The Hague during World War I. She helped to  found the Women's International League of Peace and  Freedom. She was also a prophetic peace theorist whose  ideas were dismissed by her contemporaries. Her critics  conflated her activism and ideas with attempts to undermine  the war effort. Perhaps more important, her credibility was  challenged by sexist views characterizing her as a "silly"  old woman. Her omission as a pioneering, feminist, peace  theorist is a contemporary problem. This book recovers and  reintegrates Addams and her concept of "positive peace,"  which has relevancy for UN peacekeeping operations and  community policing. Addams began her public life as a  leader of the U.S. progressive era (1890 - 1920) social  reform movement. She combined theory and action through her  settlement work in the, often contentious, immigrant  communities of Chicago. These experiences were the  springboard for her innovative theories of democracy and  peace, which she advanced through extensive public speaking  engagements, 11 books and hundreds of articles. While this  book focuses on Addams as peace theorist and activist it  also shows how her eclectic interests and feminine  standpoint led to pioneering efforts in American  pragmatism, sociology, public administration and social  work.  Each field, which traces its origin to this period,  is actively recovering Addams' contributions.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/779147},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50646-3},
}