The power of the settlement work translated to a broad social engagement of Jane Addams in which she combined here work for Hull House with a comparably passionate contribution to the peace movement during the First World War. That earned her the nickname Saint Jane.
FDR had polio in his childhood, leaving him paralyzed.
Yes, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!
The least trustworthy source of information for a project on the Jamestown settlement a summary of events posted on an anti-British website.
Canefight! Preston Brooks and Charles Sumner!