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1 (of 6) Jane Addams, 1906. Painting by George de Forest Brush

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; partial gift of Mrs. Nancy Pierce York and Mrs. Grace Pierce Forbes

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2 (of 6) Jane Addams nomination for Carl von Ossietzky. Jane Addams, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931, was the first to nominate Carl von Ossietzky. The nomination arrived to the Norwegian Nobel Committee on 15 November 1934, and Carl von Ossietzky was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize the next year.

From the archives of the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

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3 (of 6) Jane Addams speaks to visitors to the Hull House, 8 April 1935.

National Archives, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

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4 (of 6) Executive Committee for the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), 1 August 1921: Front row, left to right: Cornelia Ramnodt-Hirschmann, Gabrielle Duchêne, Lida Gustava Heymann, Yella Hertzka, Jane Addams, Catherine Marshall, Gertrude Baer. Back row, left to right: Emily Greene Balch and Thora Daugaard.

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (Geneva, Geneva Canton: Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, 1921), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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5 (of 6) Delegates to the 1915 Women's Peace Conference in The Hague, aboard the MS Noordam. April 1915. The delegates include: British feminist and peace activist Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, social activist and writer Jane Addams and Annie E. Molloy, president of the Boston Telephone Operators Union.

Photo: Library of Congress, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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6 (of 6) Jane Addams leaves Mercy Hospital. (Photo taken between 1910 and 1915).

Source: Library of Congress, the George Grantham Bain Collection Photographer unknown