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Jane Addams wrote three books about peace. The first, Newer Ideals of Peace was written in 1907 almost two decades after she established Hull House. In those 20 years, her accomplishments must have outpaced her early vision.

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Shields, P.M. (2017). Jane Addams: Peace Activist and Peace Theorist. In: Shields, P. (eds) Jane Addams: Progressive Pioneer of Peace, Philosophy, Sociology, Social Work and Public Administration. Pioneers in Arts, Humanities, Science, Engineering, Practice, vol 10. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50646-3_3

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