Addams begins her autobiography with her memories of Lincoln.

What do you think

his example taught her as she confronted what must have seemed like a second civ
il war brewing between classes in the turn of the century Chicago?
-------------------What are the challenges and opportunities that Addams faces as a woman of a part
icular class and how do these shape her development and leadership of the settle
ment project?
-------------------What are the most surprising and important things she learns about the family li
ves of the urban poor, especially immigrants, from Addams' experiences and obser
vations?
Culture was important and interesting, chapter 11
People lost things (not physical things) when they left their country, chapter 1
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Children were given too much responsibility, chapter 11
Life cannot be administered by definite rules and regulations, chapter 8
Kindness of the wretched to one another, chapter 8