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Jane Addams becomes the honorary vice president of the American Social Hygiene Association.

1916

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Jane Addams works with the American Social Hygiene Association (ASHA) to encourage education on heredity for youths, minimize “marriage between the venereally sick and the well,” prevent the “reproduction of defectives,” and promote “safeguarding children" (Kennedy, 2008).