Twenty Years at Hull House · Character
Abraham Lincoln
The martyred president whose death, mourned by her weeping father, first carried a four-year-old Addams beyond the white gateposts into the world's solemn interests.
supporting
Also known as Lincoln, President Lincoln, Mr. Lincoln, Old Abe, the young Lincoln
First appearance: Influence of Lincoln
As a supporting figure in Twenty Years at Hull House, Abraham Lincoln is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Central figure; his example of retaining past experiences and clarifying democracy is explored.
Lincoln enters the memoir not as statesman but as family grief: black-draped flags, a father in tears, a child's baptism into public life. Around his memory cluster the Addams' Guard roster, the one-armed colonel's picture, and the village mother airing sheets for a son who never came home. He matters because he teaches the young Addams that private affection and civic obligation are the same cord.
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- Diverse reform network
- Protagonist
- Tolstoyan influence circle
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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See Abraham Lincoln in Influence of Lincoln