SEPTEMBER 6: TODAY'S INSPIRING WOMEN

Jane Addams

Jane Addams was born today in 1860. She was the founder of Hull House in Chicago — the first major settlement house — and was the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize (1931).

Emily Mudd

Emily Mudd, a pioneering marriage counselor and family planning advocate, was born today in 1898.

Alice Sebold was born today in 1962. She found courage to investigate, find, and prosecute the man who raped her in 1981 — and wrote The Lovely Bones in 1981.

Deeper Dive

Learn more about the life of Alice Sebold.