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A very little familiarity with the poor districts of any city is sufficient to show how primitive and genuine are the neighborly relations.
Jane Addams
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Jane Addams
Age: 74 †
Born: 1860
Born: September 6
Died: 1935
Died: June 21
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Laura Jane Addams
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