Timeline
of Jane Addams' Life
1860 - Jane Addams is born in
Cedarville, Illinois.
1877-1881 - Jane Addams attends
Rockford Female Seminary.
1889 - Jane Addams and Ellen
Gates Starr found Hull House, a settlement house, in Chicago.
1903 - Jane Addams becomes the
vice president of the National Women's Trade Union League.
1909 - Helps to found the
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and is
elected 1st woman President of National Conference of Charities and
Corrections (later National Conference of Social Work).
1911-1914 - 1st Vice President
of National American Woman Suffrage Association and 1st head of
National Federation of Settlement and Neighborhood Centers.
1915 - Helps
organize Woman's Peace Party, elected 1st Chairman.
1919 - Founds
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, serves as President
1919-29.
1931 - 1st
American woman recipient of Nobel Peace Prize.
1935 - Jane Addams passes away
in Chicago and is buried in Cedarville, Illinois