1915: Jane Addams, Speaking to a Crowd Upon Her Arrival at Union Depot

Jane Addams, Speaking to a Crowd Upon Her Arrival at Union Depot

Image of Jane Addams, speaking to a crowd upon her arrival at Union Depot in Chicago, Illinois. Addams, the founder of Hull House in Chicago, had traveled to the Netherlands for an international women’s peace conference and throughout Europe to discuss peace issues with world leaders and gave a lecture at the Auditorium Building about her findings.

Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society.

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