Editing Jane Addams (section)

==Teaching==
[[File:Jane Addams, 1906.jpg|thumb| Jane Addams, 1906, by [[George de Forest Brush]] (1855–1941), National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution]]

Addams kept up her heavy schedule of public lectures around the country, especially at college campuses.<ref>Davis, ''American Heroine,'' p. 125</ref> In addition, she offered college courses through the Extension Division of the [[University of Chicago]].<ref>Addams is listed as lecturer in the Extension Division of the University of Chicago for several years (e.g. 1902, 1909, 1912). For a copy of the syllabus of one of her courses, see "Survivals and Intimations in Social Ethics," Ely Papers, Wisconsin State Historical Society, 1900. Farrell noted the syllabus of another course in his footnotes; see ''Beloved Lady,'' p.83. This was titled "A Syllabus of a Course of Twelve Lectures, Democracy and Social Ethics."</ref> She declined offers from the university to become directly affiliated with it, including an offer from [[Albion Small]], chair of the Department of Sociology, of a graduate faculty position. She declined in order to maintain her independent role outside of academia. Her goal was to teach adults not enrolled in formal academic institutions, because of their poverty and/or lack of credentials. Furthermore, she wanted no university controls over her political activism.<ref>Deegan, ''Jane Addams and the men of the Chicago school'' p. 28.</ref>

Addams was appointed to serve on the [[Chicago Board of Education]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=FitzPatrick |first1=Lauren |title=Who is your Chicago public school named for? |url=https://graphics.suntimes.com/education/school-names/ |website=Chicago Sun-Times |access-date=19 March 2023 |language=en |date=December 30, 2020}}</ref> Addams was a charter member of the [[American Sociological Society]], founded in 1905. She gave papers to it in 1912, 1915, and 1919. She was the most prominent woman member during her lifetime.