Jane Addams
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Critical Essay - , Twenty Years at Hull-House
The argument Addams makes that "educational matters are more democratic in their political than in their social aspect" (197), I believe she is referring to the long struggle between the teachers and the Chicago School Board. The Chicago School Board w ....
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.... the situation between the superintendent and the Teachers' Federation as "an epitome of the struggle between efficiency and democracy" (171). She clearly understood both standpoints and why they both felt compelled to make their argument, although she does mention that they both "inevitably exaggerated the difficulties of the situation" (171).
As a member of the school board, Addams tried to influence the Federation to make changes that would be in the best interest of the children, but aft ....
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