Jane Addams
(1860-1935)

Jane Addams was an American social worker, sociologist, philosopher and reformer. Addams was educated in the United States and Europe, graduating from the Rockford Female Seminary (now Rockford College) in Rockford, Illinois. She was also the first woman to win the Noble Peace Prize and helped found the U.S. Settlement House. Today, the Jane Addams Peace Association, together with the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, give the annual Jane Addams Children's Book Awards to children's books that promote peace, equality, multiculturalism, and peaceful solutions.