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Friendship Train
a privately-organized operation that collected and sent 8
million pounds of food to France and Italy
Edith Abbott
co-founder of the first university-based graduate school
of social work
(Laura) Jane Addams
founder of the first settlement house in America
Peter Cooper
inventor of the steam-powered locomotive, financier of
the first transatlantic telegraph cable, and founder of
the Cooper Union
Dorothea Lynde Dix
the first female lobbyist of more than local significance
Lillian D. Wald
founder of Henry Street Settlement House
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