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===Remembrances=== [[File:UIC Hull House.JPG|thumb|Jane Addams Hull-House Museum in 2006. The museum is located in and preserves the first building from which the Addams settlement took its name, ''Hull House,'' and a related community structure. Additional settlement facilities, which over-time grew up around the house, were removed in the 1960s for development of the campus of the [[University of Illinois Chicago]].|alt=]] On December 10, 2007, Illinois celebrated the first annual Jane Addams Day.<ref>[https://aauw-il.aauw.net/about/jane/ "Jane Addams".] AAUW of Illinois. Retrieved June 21, 2018.</ref><ref>[https://www.womenandchildrenfirst.com/event/first-annual-jane-addams-day-sponsored-aauw-il-0 "First Annual Jane Addams Day sponsored by AAUW-IL."] ''WomenandChildrenFirst.com''. Women & Children First, Inc. Retrieved June 21, 2018.</ref> Jane Addams Day was initiated by a dedicated school teacher from Dongola, Illinois, assisted by the Illinois Division of the [[American Association of University Women]] (AAUW).<ref>[https://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/12/prweb489011.htm "AAUW-Illinois Applauds New State Day Honoring Jane Addams: Carbondale Branch Members Instrumental in Lobbying State Legislature"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317000146/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/12/prweb489011.htm |date=March 17, 2016 }} (December 10, 2006). ''PRWeb.com''. Retrieved June 21, 2018.</ref> Chicago activist [[Jan Lisa Huttner]] traveled throughout Illinois as Director of International Relations for AAUW-Illinois to help publicize the date, and later gave annual presentations about Jane Addams Day in costume as Jane Addams. In 2010, Huttner appeared as Jane Addams at a 150th Birthday Party sponsored by [[Rockford University]] (Jane Addams' alma mater), and in 2011, she appeared as Jane Addams at an event sponsored by the [[Chicago Park District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.films42.com/feature/JAD09.asp|title=Celebrate Jane Addams Day!|access-date=November 29, 2014}}</ref> There is a Jane Addams Memorial Park located near [[Navy Pier]] in Chicago. A six-piece sculptural grouping honoring Addams by Louise Bourgeois called "Helping Hands" was originally installed in 1993 at Addams Memorial Park. However, they were "relocated to Chicago Women's Park and Gardens" in 2011 after being vandalized.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/Jane-Addams-Memorial-Park/|title=Jane Addams Memorial Park|access-date=November 29, 2014}}</ref> The Jane Addams memorial sculpture was Chicago's first major artwork to honor an important woman.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jane Addams |website=statuesforequality.com |url=https://statuesforequality.com/pages/jane-addams |access-date=March 30, 2021 }}</ref> In 2007, the state of Illinois renamed the Northwest Tollway as the [[Jane Addams Memorial Tollway]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90)|work=Illinois Department of Transportation Website|publisher=State of Illinois|year=2009|url=http://www.illinoistollway.com/portal/page?_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&_pageid=133,1395269|access-date=March 29, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070716215725/http://www.illinoistollway.com/portal/page?_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&_pageid=133%2C1395269|archive-date=July 16, 2007}}</ref> Hull House buildings were mostly demolished for the establishment of the campus of the [[University of Illinois at Chicago]] in 1963, or relocated. The Hull residence itself and a related building are preserved as a museum and monument to Jane Addams.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/|title=Jane Addams Hull-House Museum|publisher=Uic.edu|access-date=April 27, 2010}}</ref> The [[Jane Addams College of Social Work]] is a professional school at the University of Illinois at Chicago.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://socialwork.uic.edu/|title=Jane Addams College of Social Work | University of Illinois Chicago}}</ref> [[Jane Addams Business Careers Center]] is a high school in [[Cleveland, Ohio]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmsdnet.net/Schools/SchoolList/School%20Detail/JaneAddamsBusinessCareerCenter.aspx|title=Jane Addams Business Career Center|publisher=Cmsdnet.net|access-date=April 27, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100419064405/http://www.cmsdnet.net/Schools/SchoolList/School%20Detail/JaneAddamsBusinessCareerCenter.aspx|archive-date=April 19, 2010}}</ref> Jane Addams High School For Academic Careers is a high school in [[The Bronx, NY]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/08/X650/default.htm|title=High School For Academic Careers |publisher=schools.nyc.gov|access-date=September 17, 2011}}</ref> Jane Addams House is a residence hall built in 1936 at [[Connecticut College]]. In 1973, Jane Addams was inducted into the [[National Women's Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/jane-addams/|title=Addams, Jane|website=National Womenβs Hall of Fame}}</ref> In 2008 Jane Addams was inducted into the [[Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.glhalloffame.org/index.pl?page=inductees&todo=year|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017032241/http://www.glhalloffame.org/index.pl?page=inductees&todo=year|url-status=dead|title=Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame<!-- Bot generated title -->|archivedate=October 17, 2015}}</ref> Addams was inducted into the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://chicagoliteraryhof.org/inductees/profile/jane-addams |title=Jane Addams |date=2012 |website=Chicago Literary Hall of Fame |language=en |access-date=October 8, 2017}}</ref> Also, in 2012 she was inducted into the [[Legacy Walk]], an outdoor public display which celebrates [[LGBTQ]] history and people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacyprojectchicago.org/2012_INDUCTEES.html|title=2012 INDUCTEES|author=Victor Salvo // The Legacy Project|access-date=November 29, 2014}}</ref> In 2014, Jane Addams was one of the first 20 honorees awarded a 3-foot x 3-foot bronze plaque on San Francisco's Rainbow Honor Walk (www.rainbowhonorwalk.org) paying tribute to LGBT heroes and heroines.<ref name=":022">{{Cite web|url=https://quirkytravelguy.com/lgbt-walk-fame-rainbow-honor-san-francisco/|title=The Rainbow Honor Walk: San Francisco's LGBT Walk of Fame|last=Shelter|first=Scott|date=March 14, 2016|website=Quirky Travel Guy|language=en-US|access-date=July 28, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sfist.com/2014/09/02/castros_rainbow_honor_walk_dedicate/|title=Castro's Rainbow Honor Walk Dedicated Today: SFist|date=September 2, 2014|website=SFist β San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports|access-date=August 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810075052/https://sfist.com/2014/09/02/castros_rainbow_honor_walk_dedicate/|archive-date=August 10, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://www.gaysonoma.com/2016/07/second-lgbt-honorees-selected-for-san-franciscos-rainbow-honor-walk/|title=Second LGBT Honorees Selected for San Francisco's Rainbow Honor Walk|last=Carnivele|first=Gary|date=July 2, 2016|website=We The People|access-date=August 12, 2019}}</ref> In 2015, Addams was named by [[Equality Forum]] as one of their 31 Icons of the 2015 [[LGBT History Month]].<ref>{{cite web|author= Malcolm Lazin |url=http://www.advocate.com/commentary/2015/08/20/op-ed-here-are-31-icons-2015s-gay-history-month |title=Op-ed: Here Are the 31 Icons of 2015's Gay History Month |publisher=Advocate.com |date=August 20, 2015 |access-date=August 21, 2015}}</ref>
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