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Addams
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Ad·dams  (dmz), Charles Samuel 1912-1988.
American cartoonist known for the macabre humor and Gothic settings of his cartoons, many of which first appeared in the New Yorker.
Addams, Jane 1860-1935.
American social reformer and pacifist who founded Hull House (1889), a care and education center for the poor of Chicago, and worked for peace and many social reforms. She shared the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize.
Addams [ˈædəmz]
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(Biographies / Addams, Jane (1860-1935) F, US, SOCIAL SCIENCE: social reformer, POLITICS: feminist, POLITICS: pacifist) Jane. 1860-1935, US social reformer, feminist, and pacifist, who founded Hull House, a social settlement in Chicago: Nobel peace prize 1931


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