ARCADIA UNIVERSITY PRESENTS:

AUTHOR, LOUISE KNIGHT LOUISE KNIGHT: Noted biographer of Jane Addams will present her newest biography- Jane Addams: Spirit in Action.

• Discussion and book sale following presentation

Location: Arcadia University Castle Date: September 16, 2010 Time: 7:00-9:00pm

JANE ADDAMS: One of the most prominent women of the Progressive Era, Addams co-founded the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) as well as the first U.S. settlement house (Hull House). Among her noted accomplishments, Addams was dedicated in the arenas of:

• International peace activism • Abolitionism • Women’s suffrage • And was the first American

female recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (1931)

Co-sponsored by WILPF’s Philadelphia branch and Arcadia University’s Department of Peace and Conflict Resolution This is a free event and is open to the public