The women of Hull House : harnessing statistics for progressive reform / producer, John C. Sorensen ; New River Media.

Looks at the history of Hull House, opened by Jane Addams in 1889 as a place where she, Julia Lathrop, and other activists could provide outreach services to the poor and uneducated people of the surrounding Chicago neighborhood. Examines how the reformers applied statistical analysis to real-world...

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Corporate Authors: New River Media (Firm), Films for the Humanities (Firm), Insight Media (Firm)
Other Authors: Sorensen, John C. (Producer), Suarez, Ray, 1957- (Narrator)
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences : [Insight Media, distributor], [2004], ©2004.
Series:Idea makers.
Subjects:
Hull-House (Chicago, Ill.) > History.
Women social reformers > Illinois > Chicago > History.
Social settlements > Illinois > Chicago > History.
Social surveys > Illinois > Chicago.
Social problems > Illinois > Chicago > Statistics.
Social service > United States > History.
Documentary television programs.
Genre:
Statistics.
Documentary television programs.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (18 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Harnessing statistics for progressive reform.
Format: Video DVD
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Summary:
Looks at the history of Hull House, opened by Jane Addams in 1889 as a place where she, Julia Lathrop, and other activists could provide outreach services to the poor and uneducated people of the surrounding Chicago neighborhood. Examines how the reformers applied statistical analysis to real-world problems, particularly infant and maternal mortality, thereby paving the way for far-reaching social reform. Looks at the relationship between social statistics and their objectivity and social policy.
Note:Originally produced in 2000 as an episode of the series The idea makers.
"Based on the PBS special The first measured century."
Videorecording.
Call Number:HV4196.C4 W66 2004 VideoDVD
Credits:Principal photographer, Bruce Kissal ; assistant editor, T. Charnan Lewis ; original music, John Keltonic.
System Details:DVD-R.
Participant or Performer:
Narrator, Ray Saurez [i.e. Suarez].