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Jane Addams
1934 - Chicago
In Chicago, the founder of Hull House reflects on what reform cost her and what the Depression is doing to everything she built.
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1934 to 1934 with Passy, France in view: 2 lives, 2 place stories, and 1 named historical windows to move through.
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Passy, France
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Passy, France · 1934 CE to 1934 CE
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Marie Curie dies at Passy
1934 · Passy, France
Passy turns scientific brilliance into bodily cost, forcing discovery, exposure, and endurance into the same final landscape.
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Jane Addams
1934 - Chicago
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In Chicago, the founder of Hull House reflects on what reform cost her and what the Depression is doing to everything she built.
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