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- Birth nameLaura Jane Addams
- Jane Addams was born on September 6, 1860 in Cedarville, Illinois, USA. She was a writer, known for Shoes (1916), Votes for Women (1912) and Mutual Weekly, No. 16 (1915). She died on May 21, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- Charter member of the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1973.
- Liberal activist and founder of Hull House in Chicago.
- Received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931.
- Pictured on the 10¢ USA postage stamp in the Famous Americans/Scientists series, issued 26 April 1940.
- Inducted into the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1965.
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