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Jane Addams

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Description: Waist-up portrait of Jane Addams, a social worker, political activist, and author. She was a co-founder of Chicago's Hull House, as well as the American Ci...
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Jane Addams

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Description: Portrait of Jane Addams, reading a book. Addams was a social worker, political activist, and author. She was a co-founder of Chicago's Hull House, as well ...
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Office Workers

Date: 1934
Description: A woman at an office desk reads a pamphlet entitled, "What is Quality in a Motor Truck?" A male worker speaks on the telephone in the background. The two m...
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Mrs. Margaret Wells Wood

Date: 09 27 1933
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Margaret Wells Wood, speaker on "Petting Parties," at the Loraine Hotel. A lecturer and field worker for the American Social Hygiene Assoc...
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Woman Sitting at Desk Reading

Date: 02 22 1913
Description: A woman, probably a factory worker at International Harvester's Osborne Twine Mill, is sitting at a wooden desk reading a book. She is in a narrow room wit...
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Abraham Lincoln School, Summer Institute

Date: 06 27 1945
Description: Group of adults listening to a lecturer, probably Dr. Philip S. Fonert talking on American history. The Abraham Lincoln School for Social Science of Chicag...
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Jessie Jack Hooper

Date: 1890
Description: Cabinet card of an informal full-length portrait. (Mrs. Ben) Jessie Jack Hooper relaxes in a chair. The portrait may have been taken at the Sawyer House in...
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Mrs. Willie Lou Harris

Date: 04 19 1950
Description: Mrs. Willie Lou Harris of 405 Bram Street sits at left with part of her family. Standing left to right are Mrs. James (Georgia Harris) Elvord, Mr. and Mrs....
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Marchers Rest on Roadside

Date: 08 15 1966
Description: A woman and man, members of Obreros Unidos, (United Workers) sit crossed legged on a roadside of Highway 21 eating lunch. They are resting from a march to...

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