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The garbage inspector of the Nineteenth Ward

In 1895, Jane Addams of Hull-House became the garbage inspector of a Chicago ward. Her story, the research and a book billed as a bestseller ask when going after a harm’s cause beats responding to it, and how anyone can tell. This is history and research, not advice.

Major #20: Social WorkThe story: Jane Addams (1890s). The book: Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen by Dan Heath.

About 8 minutes

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In this lesson

  • 1,037 reports
  • From reports to wagons
  • What the research says
  • The book: Upstream
  • What the evidence says about the book
  • Where this comes from
  • Try it today
  • 4 questions to check yourself

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