Hilda Satt Polacheck's family emigrated from Poland to Chicago in 1892, bringing their old-world Jewish traditions with them into the Industrial Age. Throughout her career as a writer and activist, Polacheck (1882-1967) never forgot the immigrant neighborhoods, the markets, and the scents and sounds of Chicago's West Side. Here, in charming and colorful prose, she recounts her introduction to American life and the Hull-House community, her friendship with Jane Addams, her marriage, her support of civil rights, woman suffrage, and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, and her experiences as a writer for the WPA.

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Format: Trade Paperback
Author: Polacheck, Hilda
ISBN: 9780252062186
Condition: Used
Dimensions: 9.00 x 0.85
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Year: 1991

I Came a Stranger: The Story of a Hull-House Girl

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