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What is the name of the Progressive Era activist who founded the American Settlement House Movement to provide services to disadvantaged and exploited populations; joined the Anti-Imperialist League during the Spanish-American War; advocated for anti-sweatshop laws to limit the hours of work for women and children; wrote the acclaimed book about pacifism, Newer Ideals of Peace; opposed U.S. entry in World War I; and received a Nobel Peace Prize in 1931? Group of answer choices

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Jane Addams

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Jane Addams was one of the few great personalities who shaped America's peace initiative. Foremost a peace activist and a social worker, Addams has stamped her name in the history of social work for the suffering of women. With Ellen Gates Starr, Addams founded Chicago's Hull House, one of the most famous settlement houses in the US in 1889. In 1898, she joined anti-imperialist League to oppose the US' annexation of Philippines. Influenced by Leo Tolstoy and Dewey, she worked against the Spanish-American war. In 1920, Addams was a co-founder for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). In 1931, she became the first American woman to get the Nobel Peace Prize. As the first woman public philosopher of the US, Addams' influential writings and speeches helped the formation of the League of Nations and later the United Nations.

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