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213 pp.
| Clarion |
November, 2006 |
TradeISBN 0-618-50436-2$21.00
(2)
4-6
Nobel Peace Prize winner Addams is remembered as a humanitarian, but she was despised as well as internationally admired during her lifetime. Illustrated with many photographs, this carefully documented and well developed account draws from Addams's own writings on the value of human life. The Fradins present a complex woman whose ideas are enduring and timely. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Margaret A. Bush
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2006