Addams, Laura Shoemaker (1856-1937)

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Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, April 25, 1901

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, July 14, 1901

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, October 25, 1901

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, December 10, 1901

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, January 1902

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, January 3, 1902

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, January 26, 1902

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, February 11, 1902

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, March 11, 1902

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, March 16, 1902

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, March 17, 1902

Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, May 3, 1902

Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, May 19, 1902

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, December 8, 1902

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, December 11, 1902

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, January 26, 1903

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, February 3, 1903

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, February 27, 1903

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, April 2, 1903

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, September 9, 1903

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, September 25, 1903

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, May 28, 1904

Hull-House Year Book 1906-1907

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, January 15, 1907

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, February 14, 1907

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, April 23, 1907

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, June 1, 1907

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, June 5, 1907

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, June 13, 1907

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, June 16, 1907

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, September 10, 1907

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, September 15, 1907

Jane Addams to Anna Marcet Haldeman, October 18, 1908

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, January 6, 1909

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, January 15, 1909

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, April 16, 1909

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, January 23, 1910

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, August 18, 1910

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, October 2, 1910

Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, December 12, 1910

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, March 19, 1912

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, May 31, 1912

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams, June 24, 1912

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, September 10, 1912

Jane Addams to Clara Landsberg, September 7, 1913

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, October 23, 1913

Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, March 4, 1915

Anna Marcet Haldeman to Jane Addams, April 1, 1915

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Laura Shoemaker Addams to Jane Addams, June 11, 1907

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Birth Date

1856-10-11

Death Date

1937-01-31

Birthplace

Mifflin County, Pennsylvania

Biographical Text

Laura Shoemaker Addams was the sister in-law of Jane Addams and wife of John Weber Addams. Addams was a homemaker, responsible for raising their child and caring for her husband during his attacks of paranoid schizophrenia. The family struggled due to Weber Addams' illness, which brought Laura and Jane Addams closer together. Laura Addams became involved in social welfare work, spending time at Hull-House taking on various roles. After purchasing most of the farm to help with John Addams' medical expenses, Jane Addams left the Cedarville farm to Laura Addams to use for the remainder of her life. After the death of her husband, Addams moved to Texas to live with her daughter and son-in-law, and died in 1937.

Shoemaker married John Weber Addams in 1876. They had one daughter, Sarah Weber Addams.

Occupation

Homemaker

Settlement house resident

Source

Picture: Laura Shoemaker Addams (1865-1937), Portraits of Jane Addams' Family, Swarthmore College Peace Collection

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People

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Public domain

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Hajo, Cathy Moran

Davies, Ali

Sciancalepore, Victoria

Gender

Female

First appears

1901

Bibliography and Links

Bryan, Mary Lynn McCree, Barbara Bair, and Maree De Angury, eds. The Selected Papers of Jane Addams: Prepairing to Lead, 1860-81. Vol. 1. Urbana and Chicago, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2003.

Citation

“Addams, Laura Shoemaker (1856-1937),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed October 5, 2023, http://mail.digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/152.