Private beneficence is totally inadequate to deal with the vast numbers of the city's disinherited.

Jane Addams

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Poverty Political theory Role of government Charity

Author

Jane Addams

Source

Twenty Years at Hull House

Genre

Sociology

Language

English

Time

1910 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Suffragist Activist

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United States

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Citation

Addams, Jane. Twenty Years at Hull House. The Macmillan Company, 1910.

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