Who is Jane Addams? That’s a question that a lot of us probably are unable to answer. Well for one she is recognized as the founder of the social work. And two she was one of the probably two or three most famous women in the United States, along with being one of the most beloved Americans in the world. She is quite an interesting person with plenty of accomplishments ranging from publishing eleven books and hundred of articles on important topics to being the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Although she has many notable works that she has done throughout her lifetime she has also had many struggles that have shaped her future and even ours altogether. Born in Cedarville, Illinois, Jane Addams was the youngest of 8 children …show more content…
In this book, A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil, she basically stated that if women were to have a steady salary then women would not be as apt to become prostitutes. She goes on to talk about the economic consequences and how women’s rights to vote would benefit the economy in the long run. Addams always seemed to be engaged in helping others by trying to instill hope and strength so that they themselves could get up from difficult situations. One of Addams’s first crusades was in the sector of garbage. In the 1800’s garbage was a big problem in Chicago. The garbage that would pile up on the streets, sidewalks, and alleys would not only attract flies and rodents but a disease called bred. Half the children born in the late 1880’s would die before even reaching their fifth birthday. Addams filed 700 complaints in a single summer but no one really paid attention to them. Addams was determined to do something so she applied to become the Nineteenth Ward’s garbage collector in 1894. She was rejected but in 1895 became a Nineteenth Ward Garbage Inspector instead because Mayor George Swift found her to be a thorn in his side. During the 3 years she had that position she improved not only the cleaning aspect but was even able to lower the wards death rate from 3rd to 7th of the city’s 34
Shields, Patricia M.. "Democracy and the Social Feminist Ethics of Jane Addams: A Vision for Public Administration." Administrative Theory and Praxis 28.3 (2006
Bertha Wilson was a remarkable woman who changed the face of the Supreme Court of Canada forever. She was the first woman appointed to the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court of Canada, and the first female partner in a major law firm. Even though she wasn’t a Chief Justice, it was a huge accomplishment for a woman to be a Puisne Justice. Bertha Wilson was chosen for my Heritage Fair topic because Bertha worked hard even when she knew that no woman had been where she had been before. This essay will explain different times in Bertha’s life and how she made her mark in the books of Great Canadian Women.
Jane Addams and her colleague, Ellen Gates Starr, founded the most successful settlement house in the United States otherwise known as the Hull-House (“Settlement” 1). It was located in a city overrun by poverty, filth and gangsters, and it could not have come at a better time (Lundblad 663). The main purpose of settlement houses was to ease the transition into the American culture and labor force, and The Hull-House offered its residents an opportunity to help the community, was a safe haven for the city, and led the way through social reform for women and children.
Jane (Laura) Addams was born to Sarah (Weber) Addams and John Huy Addams on September 16, 1860 in Cedarville, Illinois near Rockford and Wisconsin border. She was the eighth of nine children. From this union out of the nine children only three of the daughters and one son survived to see adulthood.
Champion of women’s rights, Susan B. Anthony ultimately became one of the most visible leaders of the women’s suffrage movement in the 19th century. Anthony invested fifty years of her life advocating for the social and legal equality of women.
“Legacy. What is a legacy? It’s planting seeds in a garden you never get to see.” (Hamilton. Miranda, Lin-Manuel.) The day is September 6th, 1860. It’s early morning as a scream cracks through the silence of the small town. A mother and father, Sarah Weber Addams and John Huy Addams, wait patiently for their ticket to a legacy. The ticket is punched, but with the name of their newborn daughter, not either of their names lucky enough to be written upon the chosen slip of history. It’s now two years later, Jane’s mother dies, leaving her without a maternal-figure in her young life. It takes five years before her step-mother becomes a part of her life. By now, Jane is seven
Many reformers at this time such as Jacob Riis focused on the poor and immigrants moral improvements and ignored the crippling impact of low wages and dangerous working conditions. Organizations expelled immigrants from drinking and other forbidden behaviors such as prostitution and gambling. What these reformers didn’t understand was that the conditions that immigrants faced, led them to act these ways. Jane Addams realized this. Addams developed a new weapon against poverty: the settlement houses.
In the summer of 1854, London was coming out as one of the most modern cities in the world. With nearly 2.4 million people living in the area at the time, the city’s infrastructure itself was having a hard time providing for the basic needs of its residents. The biggest problem existing within the city at that time was its waste removal system, or for better terms, its lack of one. Human waste was piling up everywhere, from people houses to the rivers and drinking water. This situation was the perfect breeding conditions for a number of diseases, and towards the end of that summer, one of the most deadly of them all took over. It took the work of both a physician and a local minister in order to discover the mysterious cause of the
The article “Susan B. Anthony” states that she was active in the antislavery movement and became an agent for the American Antislavery Society. Bio.com says that Susan and Elizabeth established the women’s New York State Temperance Society in 1852 and the New York State Women’s Rights committee. They helped established the American Equal Rights Association in 1866 (Bio.com). Sochen states that Susan was one of the first leaders of the campaign for women’s rights. Susan published a weekly journal that demonstrated equal right’s, Sochen says. She became an editor of The Revolution the newspaper of the American Equal Rights Association (National Parks Service). Susan coedited three volumes of a book called History of Women Suffrage. She completed the fourth volume of the book in 1902, Sochen states. Sochen also says, she helped organize the Women’s Suffrage Movement. She was an icon of woman’s suffrage movement (National Parks Service). Bio.com states that she started petitions for women and gave speeches around the country. Sochen says she supported a dress reform by wearing bloomers which became a symbol of the women’s rights movement. Sochen also says that the US made a one dollar coins with her picture on it, she was the first women to be pictured on a US coin. She helped get women the right to vote Sochen states. Susan was a figure in women’s voting rights movement (Bio.com). Sochen says
Two Works Cited Victoria Bissell Brown's introduction to Twenty Years at Hull-House explains the life of Jane Addams and her commitment to insight social change to problems that existed during the turn of the 20th century. As a reaction to the hardships of a changing industrial society, Addams decided to establish a settlement house in the West side of Chicago to help individuals who had suffered from the cruelties of industrialization. Rejecting the philosophies that stemmed from the Gilded Age, such as social Darwinism and the belief that human affairs were determined by natural law, Addams was a progressive who wanted government to be more responsive to the people.
She had no reason to be dishonest in her speech. Addams was successful in getting her point across by pointing out the things in everyday life that people overlooked or believed was the responsibility of man instead of woman. She had her own reasons for writing this speech but she also did so to see a better advancement in the right for women in the growing independent society. Though her persuasive speech did not immediately win the right to vote for women, it had a strong impact in changing people’s thoughts on this which allowed for women to gain this right in 1920 with the 19th
It is hard to imagine in the twenty first century the level of filth that was experienced in the 1830’s on a daily basis. Sanitation, public health and sewer systems were problems that gripped the nation throughout the ninetieth century (1830-1860s), encouraging popular debate and proposal of changes. The growth of population and increase in the industry
Trained to respond first to their "family claims," women had to respond instead to "social claims" in order to survive in the male-dominated business world. Women were taught to identify with their families to such an extent that they did not organize to defend their rights. Women weakened their fellow laborers when they limited their female vision to the immediate needs of their families. Addams strongly criticized this:
Jane Addams, a pioneering social worker, helped bring attention to the possibility of revolutionizing America’s attitude toward the poor. Not only does she remain a rich source of provocative social theory to this day, her accomplishments affected the philosophical, sociological, and political thought. Addams was an activist of courage and a thinker of originality. Jane Addams embodied the purest moral standards of society which were best demonstrated by her founding of the Hull-House and her societal contributions, culminating with the winning of the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize.
Jane Addams was known as the “mother” of social work. Feminist and activist are two words that can best describe her. She was an advocate for education and better living conditions for those who did not have the means to do it themselves. Addams and Ellen G Starr opened a settlement house in Chicago, which is formally known as the Hull House. Having health problems never stopped Jane from dedicating her life to the Hull House, as well as other well-known contributions to the social work field. Several reforms were introduced during her time as a social worker. She has served on several platforms such as chairman on a school committee, president of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom and author. Jane has several