Primary Literature

Abbreviations of Addams’ principal works referred to in this article appear in brackets.

Books

[DSE]

Addams, Jane. Democracy and Social Ethics, 1902; Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2002.

[NIP]

–––. Newer Ideals of Peace, 1906; Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2007.

[SYC]

–––. The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets, 1909; Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1972.

[TYH]

–––. Twenty Years at Hull House, 1910; Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1990.

[NCA]

–––. A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil, 1912; Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2002.

[LRW]

–––. The Long Road of Woman’s Memory, 1916; Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2002.

[PBT]

–––. Peace and Bread in Time of War, 1922; Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2002.

[STY]

–––. Second Twenty Years at Hull House, New York: Macmillan, 1930.

[EBP]

–––. The Excellent Becomes the Permanent, New York: Macmillan, 1932.

[MFJ]

–––. My Friend, Julia Lathrop, 1935; Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2004.

[WH]

Addams, Jane, Emily G. Balch and Alice Hamilton. Women at The Hague: The International Congress Of Women And Its Results, 1915; Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2003.

[HHM]

Residents of Hull-House. Hull-House Maps and Papers, 1895; Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2007.

Selected Articles

[ABI]

Addams, Jane. “A Belated Industry,” 1896, American Journal of Sociology, 1 (5) (March).

[FSS]

–––. “A Function of the Social Settlement,” 1899; reprinted in Christopher Lasch (ed.), The Social Thought of Jane Addams, Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1965.

[AML]

–––. “A Modern Lear,” 1912; reprinted in Jean Bethke Elshtain (ed.), Jane Addams and the Dream of American Democracy, New York: Basic Books, 2002.

[OVS]

–––. “The Objective Value of the Social Settlement,” 1893; reprinted in Jean Bethke Elshtain (ed.), Jane Addams and the Dream of American Democracy, New York: Basic Books, 2002.

[SNS]

–––. “The Subjective Necessity for Social Settlements,” 1893; reprinted in Jean Bethke Elshtain (ed.), Jane Addams and the Dream of American Democracy, New York: Basic Books, 2002.

Collections

• Bryan, Mary Lynn McCree, Barbara Bair, and Maree De Angury (eds.), The Selected Papers of Jane Addams (Volume 1: Preparing to Lead, 1860–1881), Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2003. (Scholar)
• –––. The Selected Papers of Jane Addams (Volume 2: Venturing into Usefulness, 1881–88), Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2009. (Scholar)
• Bryan, Mary Lynn McCree, Barbara Bair, Maree De Angury, and Ellen Skerrett (eds.), The Selected Papers of Jane Addams (Volume 3: Creating Hull-House and an International Presence, 1889-1900), Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2018. (Scholar)
• Condliffe Lagemann, Ellen (ed.), Jane Addams On Education, New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 1994.
• Cooper Johnson, Emily (ed.), Jane Addams: A Centennial Reader, New York: Macmillan, 1960.
• Davis, Allen F. (ed.), Jane Addams on Peace, War, and International Understanding, New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1976
• Elshtain, Jean Bethke (ed.), The Jane Addams Reader, New York: Basic Books, 2002.
• Fischer, Marilyn, and Judy D. Whipps (eds.), Jane Addams’ Writings on Peace, 4 volumes, Bristol: Thoemmes Press, 2003 (facsimile edition). (Scholar)
• –––. Jane Addams’ Essays and Speeches, New York: Continuum, 2005. (Scholar)
• Lasch, Christopher (ed.), The Social Thought of Jane Addams, Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company Inc., 1965.

Selected Secondary Literature

• Cracraft, James, 2012. Two Shining Souls: Jane Addams, Leo Tolstoy, and the Quest for Global Peace, Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. (Scholar)
• Deegan, Mary Jo, 1988. Jane Addams and the Men of the Chicago School, 1892–1918, New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books. (Scholar)
• Elshtain, Jean Bethke, 2002. Jane Addams and the Dream of American Democracy, New York: Basic Books. (Scholar)
• Fischer, Marilyn, 2004. On Addams, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. (Scholar)
• Fischer, Marilyn. 2019. Jane Addams’s Evolutionary Theorizing: Constructing ‘Democracy and Social Ethics’. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. (Scholar)
• Fischer, Marilyn, Carol Nackenoff, and Wendy Chmielewski (eds.), 2009. Jane Addams and the Practice of Democracy, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. (Scholar)
• Hamington, Maurice, 2004. Embodied Care: Jane Addams, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, and Feminist Ethics, Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press. (Scholar)
• –––. 2009. The Social Philosophy of Jane Addams, Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press. (Scholar)
• –––. (ed.), 2010. Feminist Interpretations of Jane Addams, University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press. (Scholar)
• Hamington, Maurice, and Celia Bardwell-Jones (eds.), 2012. Contemporary Feminist Pragmatism, London: Routledge. (Scholar)
• Lasch, Christopher, 1965. The Social Thought of Jane Addams, Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company. (Scholar)
• Misheva, Vessela, 2019. “Jane Addams and the Lost Paradigm of Sociology.” Qualitative Sociology Review 15:2, 216-228. (Scholar)
• Schaafsma, David, 2015. Jane Addams in the Classroom, Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press. (Scholar)
• Schlipp, Paul Arthur, 1951. The Philosophy of John Dewey, New York: Tudor Publishing. (Scholar)
• Schneiderhan, Erik, 2015. The Size of Others’ Burdens: Barack Obama, Jane Addams, and the Politics of Helping Others, Stanford: Stanford University Press. (Scholar)
• Seigfried, Charlene Haddock, 1996. Pragmatism and Feminism: Reweaving the Social Fabric, Chicago: University of Chicago Press. (Scholar)
• Shields, Patricia, 2017. Jane Addams: Progressive Pioneer of Peace, Philosophy, Sociology, Social Work and Public Administration, New York: Springer. (Scholar)
• Shields, Patricia, Maurice Hamington, and Joseph Soeters (eds.), 2022. Oxford Handbook of Jane Addams, New York: Oxford University Press. (Scholar)

Biographies

• Brown, Victoria Bissell, 2004. The Education of Jane Addams, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. (Scholar)
• Davis, Allen F., 1973. American Heroine: The Life and Legend of Jane Addams, Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Scholar)
• Diliberto, Gioia, 1999. A Useful Woman: The Early Life of Jane Addams, New York: Scribner. (Scholar)
• Farrell, John C., 1967. Beloved Lady: A History of Jane Addams’ Ideas on Reform and Peace, Baltimore: The John Hopkins Press. (Scholar)
• Joslin, Katherine, 2004. Jane Addams: A Writer’s Life, Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press. (Scholar)
• Knight, Louise, 2005. Citizen: Jane Addams and the Struggle for Democracy, Chicago: University of Chicago Press. (Scholar)
• –––. 2010. Jane Addams: Spirit in Action for Democracy, New York: W.W. Norton. (Scholar)
• Linn, James Weber, 2000. Jane Addams: A Biography, Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press. (Scholar)