​When We Are Bold

Louise W. Knight is an American historian and author of two books about the life of Jane Addams –Citizen: Jane Addams and the Struggle for Democracy and Jane Addams: Spirit in Action. She is currently writing a book about the Grimké sisters, two American abolitionists and women’s rights activists of the 1830s.

Read Jane Addams: A True Pioneer by Louise W. Knight
When We Are Bold: Women Who Turn Our Upsidedown World Right
​

Born in 1860, Jane Addams was a peace activist, suffragist, and an advocate for labor rights, civil rights and free speech. In 1919 she founded the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, a women’s movement to convince world powers to disarm and enter into peace agreements. She also co-founded Hull House, the first settlement house in the U.S., which provided poor people and immigrants with social, educational and artistic programs. In 1931, she became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.