Rich, Adena Miller (1888-1967)

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Hull-House

League for the Protection of Immigrants

Hull-House Year Book 1906-1907

Jane Addams to Adena Miller Rich, February 2, 1918

Jane Addams to Adena Miller Rich, March 25, 1920

Mary Rozet Smith to Adena Miller Rich, March 28, 1920

Jane Addams to Adena Miller Rich, July 21, 1920

Jane Addams to Adena Miller Rich, July 27, 1920

Jane Addams to Adena Miller Rich, August 14, 1920

Jane Addams to Adena Miller Rich, August 26, 1920

Mary Rozet Smith to Adena Miller Rich, September 15, 1920

Jane Addams to Adena Miller Rich and Kenneth Rich, December 25, 1922

Jane Addams to Adena Miller Rich, April 9, 1923

Jane Addams to Adena Miller Rich, June 12, 1924

Jane Addams to Adena Miller Rich, February 14, 1925

Jane Addams to Adena Miller Rich, July 7, 1925

Jane Addams to Adena Miller Rich, August 15, 1925

Jane Addams to Adena Miller Rich, April 1926

Jane Addams to Adena Miller Rich, February 24, 1927

Evelyn Thornton McCune to Adena Miller Rich, February 25, 1927

Jane Addams to Adena Miller Rich, March 2, 1927

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Birth Date

1888-10-12

Death Date

1967-03-10

Birthplace

Erie, PA

Biographical Text

Adena Miller Rich studied economics, sociology, and ethics at Oberlin College, and then obtained a graduate degree in sociology from the Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy. Afterward, she worked as the supervisor of visitors for the Immigrants' Protective League (IPL) while also volunteering at various settlements, including Hull-House. Rich then became Jane Addams' secretary and lived at Hull-House. From 1923 to 1926, Rich served as Vice President of the Illinois League of Women Voters, and in 1926 she became the Director of the IPL. After Addams died, Rich became the head resident of Hull-House. She was also a trustee of Oberlin College.

Rich married Kenneth Rich, a stockbroker at the Board of Trade who taught arithmetic at Hull House, in 1917. Rich died in 1967.

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Social worker

Sociologist

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People

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Hajo, Cathy Moran

Lichon, Sara Catherine

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Rightsholder being researched

Gender

Female

First appears

1906

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Find-a-Grave

Finding aid, Adena Miller Rich papers, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Illinois at Chicago

SNAC

Citation

“Rich, Adena Miller (1888-1967),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed September 7, 2024, http://mail.digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/4959.