Hard, William (1878-1962)

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Chicago Daily Tribune

William Hard to Jane Addams, January 15, 1905

Anne Nyhan Scribner Hard to Jane Addams, ca. June 1910

John Bertram Andrews to Jane Addams to January 6, 1912

John Bertram Andrews to Jane Addams, November 21, 1912

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman. January 23, 1914

Alice Hamilton to Jane Addams, June 13, 1917

George Lazareff to Alice Stone Blackwell, July 23-29, 1919

The Irish Committee at Work, November 10, 1920

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Birth Date

1878-09-15

Death Date

1962

Birthplace

Painted Post, NY

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William Hard was a social reformist and journalist. Born to a missionary father, Hard often moved around as a child. He became a resident of Hull House in 1902 and started a neighborhood magazine called The Neighbor, which called for social reform. From there he started writing for the Chicago Tribune and became known as a muckraker, which was an early name for an investigative journalist who appeared in popular magazines and newspapers. He made the first transatlantic daily news report. Hard died in 1962.

Hard married Ann Nyhan Scribner, assistant city editor for the Chicago Post, in 1903.The couple had two children.