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Jane Adams (born 1965) is an American actress and screenwriter. Known for her work in independent cinema , her acting credits include Light Sleeper (1992), Happiness (1998), Mumford (1999), Songcatcher (2000), The Anniversary Party (2001), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Little Children (2006), All the Light in the Sky (2012), and ...
May 17, 2024 · Jane Addams, American social reformer and pacifist, cowinner of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1931. She is best known as a cofounder (with Ellen Gates Starr) of Hull House in Chicago, one of the first social settlements in North America, which was established to aid needy immigrants.
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- Jane Addams cofounded and led Hull House, one of the first settlement houses in North America. Hull House provided child care, practical and cultur...
- Addams was the first woman president of the National Conference of Social Work. A pacifist, she served as president of the International Congress o...
- Addams believed that effective social reform required the more- and less-fortunate to get to know one another and also required research into the c...
Jane Adams is an American actress who has performed in theatre, film and TV. She won a Tony Award for "An Inspector Calls" and was nominated for two Primetime Emmys for "Hacks" and "Messiah".
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- Jane Adams in The Idol (2023)
- Jane Adams, Hannah Einbinder, and Poppy Liu in Hacks (2021)
- Jane Adams in Hacks (2021)
- Jim Carrey and Jane Adams in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
- Jane Adams and Kate Lyn Sheil in She Dies Tomorrow (2020)
- Jane Adams and Chris Messina in She Dies Tomorrow (2020)
- Jane Adams and Josh Lucas in She Dies Tomorrow (2020)
Jul 3, 2023 · Jane Adams Hopes The Idol Offends You: “Go Ahead. Hate It. I Don’t Care”. Over her 30-plus-year career, Adams has consistently starred in incendiary, controversial projects. But as she tells ...
Laura Jane Addams [1] (September 6, 1860 – May 21, 1935) was an American settlement activist, reformer, social worker, [2] [3] sociologist, [4] public administrator, [5] [6] philosopher, [7] [8] and author. She was a leader in the history of social work and women's suffrage in the United States. [9]
Apr 16, 2010 · Learn about Jane Addams, a pioneer of the settlement house movement and a Nobel Peace Prize winner. She founded Hull House in Chicago, fought for social reforms and opposed World War I.
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Jane Adams is an American actress. She made her Broadway debut in the original production of I Hate Hamlet in 1991, and won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for the 1994 revival of An Inspector Calls.
