A well written portrait of Jane Addams, founder of Hull House and champion of world peace. Here is a compelling account of how one person's activism helped better the life of many. Well researched and illustrated, this is a fine addition to children's nonfiction.

When I was a child, in elementary school, we were taught what I could only call the "clean" version of history. We learned about wars, and heroes, and presidents and stuff, but didn't learn about the bad stuff. We didn't learn about the Hoovervilles, or the veterans march, or the buffalo soldiers.

And I was an avid reader. I real all the 921 (biographies) that our school library had. I especially loved the lives of the famous when they were kids, and I know I read one about Jane Addams, and her founding of Hull House, but I don't remember learning about how she formed a women's peace party and raged against the First World War.

So, imagine my surprise, when this picture book laid it all out, in simple words, and pictures, just what an amazing job Jane Addams did with her life, how she worked with other women to try and stop the war, and to talk to leaders, and for that she was called a traitor. And that she was the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

Very good book about women who made a difference in America and the world. Highly recommend this for libraries for all those young children who enjoy learning about famous women.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review