Amanda
Johnson, a young graduate from the University of Wisconsin, worked at Hull
House as a settlement worker. In 1895
Jane Addams, who at the time was garbage inspector for the 19th Ward, appointed
Amanda as her deputy. Together the two of them would begin their day at six in
the morning and follow the garbage wagons to the dump, arrest slum landlords
and complain to City Hall. They became famous for their attacks on garbage and
disease in the ward. Jeanmarie Dwight-Wrigley portrays Amanda at the age of 72
and shares her memories of working with Jane Addams, the "saint of
Chicago," the ups and downs of running Hull House, and their fight against
prejudice and poverty in Chicago.
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