Dear Mr. President, As I’m sure you know it’s important that every citizen undertake in their civic duty. From students attending school, to people voting, to those serving in the military. Without people voting and following the laws of the land, the country would devolve into anarchy. One person in history who more than fulfilled their civic duty was Jane Addams, she was a philanthropist, a women's rights activist, and an anti-war activist. Jane Addams was innovative in the way that she used her education and fortune to better her community, and to help those in need. In 1889 Jane Addams and her college friend Ellen Starr bought and opened Hull-House, their aim was to provide needed services for the immigrant and poor of Chicago. The Hull-House
Jane Addams wrote and lectured on a wide variety of social issues, including child labor, public health, unemployment relief, and social insurance. Jane Addams was an American social worker, woman suffrage leader, and peace activist. Jane Addams was born on September 6, 1860 in Cedarville, IL. In her younger years, she attended the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania from 1881-1882 to study medication. In fact, she strongly believed in the research of poverty and crime. Also, she believed in the importance of trained social workers and in the need to press in for social reforms. Jane Addams was a leader in women’s suffrage and world peace, she helped in the needs of children and adults that were poor, and she was well known for winning a Nobel Peace prize.
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.
Jane Addams was a feminist, social worker, author, famous activist, and leader of the women's suffrage movement. She believed that before women’s suffrage that their voices should be heard in legislation and therefore should have the right to vote. She strongly believed that women should generate aspirations and search out opportunities to find them. She also cared for all kinds of people. Jane Addams and her college friend Ellen Starr moved into a old mansion in an immigrant neighborhood in Chicago, 1889. Which then became the Hull House. She responded to the needs of the community by establishing a nursery, dispensary, kindergarten, playground, gymnasium, and cooperative housing. This attracted many reformers dedicated to social service. She and other
Action is inherent in the tasks of a social activist. Ideas alone are not enough. Though the development of philosophies and manifestos is the basis for every social movement and every stride toward social justice, without social action and the social activist, little can ever be accomplished. The great social activist must, by definition, be the great social action taker. Jane Addams was the epitome of such an action taker.
Jane Addams was born September 6, 1860 In Cedarville, Illinois. He father was very well known man and he was good friends with Abraham Lincoln. She was born to an affluent state senator and businessman who knew his way around the politics. When Jane graduated from a Female Seminary in 1881, she traveled and eventually attended medical school. In 1889 she opened her of first settlement in the United States and in North America. The Hull House provided services for immigrants and for the poor living in the Chicago area. The organization began to grow over the years and it began to expand into 10 buildings that included programs such as educational, art gallery, child care, social programs, and public kitchen. While serving those at the Hull House
Social worker, sociologist, and a leader of women’s suffrage and world peace; this is who Jane Addams was. Born in September of 1860, Addams was born into wealth. Her father was both a successful miller and a political figure. Addams attended and graduated Rockford Female Seminary, and later began studying medicine but unfortunately had to leave it behind due to health issues. Addams accomplished many great feats in her lifetime. For example, she was president of the Woman’s International League for Peace and Freedom, and was also the first female president of the National Conference of Social Work. Additionally, Addams is probably best known for establishing the Hull House in Chicago, Illinois in 1889, a settlement house that allowed for
Jane Addams, a pioneer in the field of social work was co-founder of The Hull in Chicago, one of the first settlements in America. The daughter of a political leader and her dad a close friend to President Lincoln, Ms. Addams lived a life of privilege. Ms. Addams's path to social work took some twists and turns. She graduated from Rockford Female Seminary which later became known as Rockford College (Jane Addams, 2014) and was awarded a bachelor's degree. She began to study medicine but due to health reasons left her studies and began travel and study in Europe. It was on one of her trips to Europe, she and her friend Ellen Gates Starr visited Toynbee Hall, a special facility established to help the poor where she became inspired to open Hull House in Chicago. This vision of a settlement Addams had was started by using her own finances “…but eventually Hull-House benefited from the sponsorship of wealthy women in Chicago who became Addams's allies in civic reform. Hull-House expanded over an entire square block at Halsted and Polk streets, encompassing thirteen different buildings that encircled a playground for the neighborhood's children”
Before becoming a pioneer for social reform, Jane Addams was born in Cedarville, Illinois on September 6, 1860 making her the eighth of nine children born to state senator John H. Addams. Jane’s father was quite wealthy and well known and as such she grew up living a very privileged lifestyle. After graduating from Rockford Female Seminary in 1881 Addams began traveling. During her trip to London she and a friend discovered a settlement house and were inspired to create one of their own in Chicago. Hull House was
Susan Gregg was born on June 6th, 1970, in Stockton on Tees, England. When he was 12 years old he immigrated to Australia, with his Mum, his Dad and his younger brother, Phil. He has very few remaining memories of England. Some of the only things he remembers about his time there are when he used to play with the kids on his street, the fact that his family didn’t have a car, so he would have to walk to school, and that it was always cold. He can also remember travelling to Tunisia, Africa and camel riding in the Sahara Desert for 2 days, around a year before he moved to Australia. While they were in Tunisia Susan recalls locals offering to buy his brother due to his red hair, but their parents declined their offers. During their trip, he and
Jane Addams founded Hull House in 1889, along with her friend Ellen Starr. Jane had a very compassionate heart from the time she was a young girl. Everywhere she went, Jane had a desire to help people less fortunate than herself. Jane's father helped shape her to become more charitable to others less fortunate. Even as a young girl Jane wanted to know why all people did not live in nice homes with yards like her own. One day she saw a part of town that was run down and she could hardly believe that people could live in such "horrid little houses. That day Jane decided that she wanted to live in a large house in the middle of an awful place as she had seen. Jane wanted to do this so she could make a difference in the lives of people
Jane Addams was a peace activist and was a distinguished intelligent woman in her times. She was not interested in getting married or having children, instead she committed to the poor and social reform. As she saw, her community needed many things, which is why she established a nursery, a kindergarten, dispensary, playground, gymnasium and a cooperative housing for women. However, those changes were not enough, soon she realized many things could not be done unless a change in laws was made, so she decided to challenge boss rule in immigrant neighborhoods of Hull-House and the indifference people had to the necessities of the poor in the state legislature. She and many other Hull-House residents supported legislation to stop child labor,
Jane Addams is an American social activist. She is known as the “mother of Social Work. She also was the co-founder of the Hull House. The Hull House was a settlement house that Ellen Gates Starr and Jane Addams found in 1889. She was the voice for the poor, immigrants, and women. She has a great collection of numerous articles and books. The Hull House provided great services that helped women and provided care for children. It provided excellent resources for people who need help with English and illegal immigrants with citizenship classes. The house was consisted of 13 buildings that had clubs such as music and theater. She had a club just for single working girls as well (The Hull Museum). Likewise, a place where migrants of various groups accumulated to learn, to eat, to face off regarding, and to obtain the instruments important to put down roots in their new nation. Jane Addams work contributed to the peace movement during the First World War (Allen, 2008).
Abraham Lincoln said, “Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.” Voting is our “civic duty” and this speaks to the idea that the future is ours, so we need to play a part in shaping it. Voting is our chance to do something to benefit our society through the democratic process, but it doesn’t stop there.
Throughout Hollywood’s history, there have been several great fashion designers, including Edith Head. She has had a very long and illustrious career that lasted from 1927 to 1981. During her career, she inspired numerous fashion trends and worked on several popular films. Edith Head was very secretive about her childhood and would often lie about it when asked a question. A close friend of hers David Chierichetti eventually learned all about it (Jorgensen, 13).
Jane Austen's books are filled with some eligible and some seemingly eligible bachelors, who end up happily, or at least adequately, married by each novel's end. I've ranked the men below, in order from best (honorable, loving, intelligent) to worst (a few are downright evil).