#who #Biografie #Biography #Wer #Star #known #Personen #Bekannt #Deutsch #United #Stades Jane Addams, also known as Laura Jane Addams was born to John Huey Addams and Sarah Addams in Illinois. She had eight siblings. As a child, she went to Sunday school and spent most of her time playing and reading. This political activist was also an avid reader. She was affected by tuberculosis of the spine when she was four. As a result, she developed a curve in her spine, and consequent lifelong health problems. In 1881, she obtained a collegiate certificate from the Rockford Female Seminary in Rockford, Illinois. She finished her first year in medicine from the Woman’s Medical College of Philadelphia, but, she had to discontinue her education because of her illness and a nervous breakdown. Jane Addams was a renowned social activist and pacifist, who co-founded a settlement named Hull House in Chicago. Her father, being a state senator himself was an influential personality and knew many illus