1860
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Born
in Cedarville, IL
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1877
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Enters
Rockford Female Seminary
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1881
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Graduates
from Rockford
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1888
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Visits
Toynbee Hall in London, England with Ellen Gates Starr
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1889
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Founds
Hull House with Ellen Gates Starr
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1909
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Helps
found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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1910
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Published
Twenty Years at Hull House
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1915
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Helps
organize Women's Peace Party
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1915
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Presides
at the International Congress of Women at the Hague, Netherlands
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1920
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Helps
found the American Civil Liberites Union
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1931
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First
woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize
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1935
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Dies
in a hospital in Chicago; buried in Cedarville
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