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WOMEN OF HULL HOUSE: HARNESSING STATISTICS FOR PROGRESSIVE REFORM

By: Publication details: 2000Description: DVD; 18 Min. (THIS FILM IS AVAILABLE FOR FILMS ON DEMAND) https://ezp.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=105019&xtid=29834Subject(s): Summary: Horrified by the living conditions in Chicagoâs tenements, Jane Addams opened Hull House in 1889, a place where she, Julia Lathrop, and other fellow activists could provide outreach services to the poor and uneducated people of the neighborhoodâand by applying statistical analysis to real-world problems, pave the way for far-reaching social reform. Filled with archival photos and footage, this powerful program brings together Daphne Spain, author of How Women Saved the City, and Robyn Muncy, author of Creating a Female Dominion in American Reform, to discuss topics including infant and maternal mortality, the landmark Hull House Maps and Papers, and womenâs progressive reform movements.

Horrified by the living conditions in Chicagoâs tenements, Jane Addams opened Hull House in 1889, a place where she, Julia Lathrop, and other fellow activists could provide outreach services to the poor and uneducated people of the neighborhoodâand by applying statistical analysis to real-world problems, pave the way for far-reaching social reform. Filled with archival photos and footage, this powerful program brings together Daphne Spain, author of How Women Saved the City, and Robyn Muncy, author of Creating a Female Dominion in American Reform, to discuss topics including infant and maternal mortality, the landmark Hull House Maps and Papers, and womenâs progressive reform movements.

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