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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Bibliographic Details
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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