Remembering Jane Addams Rainbow Honor Walk Honoree
Today on the anniversary of her birth, we celebrate the life and legacy of Rainbow Honor Walk honoree Jane Addams (September 6, 1860 – May 21, 1935).
A pioneering social reformer, activist and author, Jane Addams co-founded Hull House in Chicago, one of the most influential settlement houses in the United States, providing education, childcare, health services and support to immigrants and working-class families. A leading advocate for women’s suffrage, labor reform and peace, she became the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931. Addams shared her life for decades with Mary Rozet Smith, a relationship widely recognized by historians as a committed same-sex partnership.
Read historian Bill Lipsky’s tribute in the SF Bay Times at the link below: