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Jane Adams (born 1965) is an American actress and screenwriter. Known for her work in independent cinema , her acting credits include Light Sleeper (1992), Happiness (1998), Mumford (1999), Songcatcher (2000), The Anniversary Party (2001), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Little Children (2006), All the Light in the Sky (2012), and ...
Jane Adams is a British writer of psychological thrillers known for writing the Naomi Blake book series, the Rina Martin book series, the Ray Flower series, the Henry Johnstone book series, and the Detective Royzlyn Priest series.
Jane Adams. Actress: Happiness. Jane Adams has performed theatre at the Seattle Repertory Theatre. The plays include "Love Diatribe," "The Nice and the Nasty," and "Greetings From Elsewhere Cabaret."
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- Jane Adams in The Idol (2023)
- Jane Adams, Hannah Einbinder, and Poppy Liu in Hacks (2021)
- Jane Adams in Hacks (2021)
- Jim Carrey and Jane Adams in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
- Jane Adams and Kate Lyn Sheil in She Dies Tomorrow (2020)
- Jane Adams and Chris Messina in She Dies Tomorrow (2020)
- Jane Adams and Josh Lucas in She Dies Tomorrow (2020)
May 17, 2024 · Jane Addams, American social reformer and pacifist, cowinner of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1931. She is best known as a cofounder (with Ellen Gates Starr) of Hull House in Chicago, one of the first social settlements in North America, which was established to aid needy immigrants.
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- Jane Addams: Early Life & Education. Jane Addams was born in Cedarville, Illinois on September 6, 1860 to Sarah Adams (Weber) and John Huy Adams. She was the eighth of nine children and was born with a spinal defect that hampered her early physical growth before it was rectified by surgery.
- Jane Addams and Hull House. In 1889, Addams and Starr leased the home of Charles Hull in Chicago. The two moved in and began their work of setting up Hull-House with the following mission: “to provide a center for a higher civic and social life; to institute and maintain educational and philanthropic enterprises and to investigate and improve the conditions in the industrial districts of Chicago.”
- Jane Addams Political Life. Having quickly found that the needs of the neighborhood could not be met unless city and state laws were reformed, Addams challenged both boss rule in the immigrant neighborhood of Hull-House and indifference to the needs of the poor in the state legislature.
- Jane Addams Anti-War Views. Because Addams was convinced that war sapped the reform impulse, encouraged political repression and benefited only munitions makers, she opposed World War I. She unsuccessfully tried to persuade President Woodrow Wilson to call a conference to mediate a negotiated end to hostilities.
Jane Adams is an American actress. She made her Broadway debut in the original production of I Hate Hamlet in 1991, and won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for the 1994 revival of An Inspector Calls.
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Laura Jane Addams [1] (September 6, 1860 – May 21, 1935) was an American settlement activist, reformer, social worker, [2] [3] sociologist, [4] public administrator, [5] [6] philosopher, [7] [8] and author. She was a leader in the history of social work and women's suffrage in the United States. [9]