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“A Modern Lear” (1912)

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Those of us who lived in Chicago during the summer of 1894 were confronted by a drama which epitomized and, at the same time, challenged the code of social ethics under which we live, for a quick series of unusual events had dispelled the good nature which in happier times envelopes the ugliness of the industrial situation.

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    Addams, J. (November 2, 1912). A Modern Lear. Survey, XXIX, 131–7.

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Shields, P.M. (2017). “A Modern Lear” (1912). In: Shields, P. (eds) Jane Addams: Progressive Pioneer of Peace, Philosophy, Sociology, Social Work and Public Administration. Pioneers in Arts, Humanities, Science, Engineering, Practice, vol 10. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50646-3_9

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