Jane Addams Social Change

According to (Dulmus & Sowers, 2012, p.106), the history of social work is one of an old religiously grounded ethos of offering, aid and comfort. This shows that social work has been around for quite a long time, helping the unfortunate and it has developed more throughout these past centuries. The profession was largely shaped by Westerns idea and events. (Chenoweth &McAuliffe, 2015, p.32). The ideas and events included could have been war, poverty and other social reforms. That is when social welfare was needed to give aid and help solve these issues. Social work largely expanded in England in the 16th during the Elizabethan poor laws and later on in America between 17 and 18th century (Dulmus & Sowers, p.6). This essay is going to focus on how social work has evolved or changed for the better from the 1960s till present.

One of America's most prominent social activists, Jane Addams dedicated her whole life to the poor and social reform. Born on September 6, 1860 in Cedarville, Illinois, Jane grew up to become one of the most notable college-educated women of her time. Utilizing her education, Addams developed her own political and social beliefs and applied them to society during the Progressive Era, leading to many reforms that have shaped our world today.

Women became especially involved in demands for woman suffrage, prohibition, and better schools; their most prominent leader was Jane Addams of Chicago. “Muckraking” journalists such as Upton Sinclair, Lincoln Steffens, and Jacob Riis exposed corruption in business and government along with rampant inner-city poverty. Progressives implemented antitrust laws and regulated industries such as meatpacking, drugs, and railroads. Four new constitutional amendments—the Sixteenth through Nineteenth—were prompted by Progressive activism, and resulted in a federal income tax, the direct election of senators, prohibition, and women’s suffrage. The Progressive movement lasted through the 1920s; the most active period was 1900–1918.

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,

In retrospect, the authors speak on the importance of social workers and how they very needed. “The depression and the world war drew the profession back momentarily to social concerns and provided a social context for the emergence of social group work and community organization as social work specializations” (Specht &

There are many reasons to why social care has departed from its history. Only three of these reasons will be mentioned and explained in this essay. The first key reason was the exposure of abuse and neglect people faced while living in residential homes run by the church. This resulted in the movement away from religious control to the HSE having control. This could be one reason why social care departed from its history to develop a distinctive identity.

For years, Jane Addams has been known as a social activist who created the first settlement home in the United States. However, many people often disregard the fact that she has accomplished a significant amount of other things throughout her life that will always make her a significant icon in history. Were it not for Jane Addams leadership and contribution towards the creation of the first U.S. Hull House, social changes such as child-labor, women’s suffrage, and peace may not have occurred in the United States.

Jane Addams was an early North American sociologists who focused on social activism and reform. Addams was an outstanding sociologist. She helped bring awareness of social issues to the masses by writing books regarding poverty, democracy, and peace. In 1889, she co-founded Hull-House located in Chicago, which provided services for people in need of refuge. She also co-founded American Civil Liberties Union and campaigned for the eight-hour work day, and laws that would abolish child labor. In 1931, she was recognized for her superlative achievements and was awarded as a co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Jane Addams, the Hull House co-founder, and peace activist, was seen as one of the most acclaimed first-generation college-educated women. Rejecting certain matriarchal principles such as marriage and motherhood, she devoted herself towards a lifetime commitment to the less fortunate and social activism and reform.

Jane Addams was an influential social reformist with fierce motivation to solve global issues. Born September 6th, 1860 in Cedarville, Illinois, Addams grew up in a household with eight siblings, attended Rockford University, and went on to attend the Women’s Medical College of Philadelphia. The issues she addressed in her career following school were women’s suffrage and world peace. Among her work in sociology, activism, philosophy and literature were some great projects such as Democracy and Social Ethics, Newer Ideals of Peace, speeches for the League of Nations, and most famously, the establishment of the Hull House. The Hull House, in the middle of an immigrant neighborhood of Chicago, was a successful settlement house in which she catered

The following paper chronicles the life of Lillian Wald. A social worker nurse and settlement leader Lillian Wald committed her life to helping others. In this paper I will discuss Wald’s contributions and her significance to the field of social work.

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This work is going to set out to investigate the relevance of feminist approaches to social work in today’s society. It will first look at the different types of feminism that are present in society. It will then trace and highlight the emergence of feminism in society. This essay will then delve deeper into the different types of approaches that were taken on by feminists within the field of social work. It will discuss what effect these approaches had on society especially women.

This paper will explore three important aspects that Harry Hopkins achieved in this social work career. Fist the path he took in working within the social work field, second the contributions he made and lastly how his work could inform individuals working in the practice of a social worker. Utilizing eight different articles, this paper will explore the life of Harry Hopkins and how he had an account of the impact on public policies here in the United States, and how no other social worker has had the influence in changing the direction of American social policy.

At the beginning of the semester we discussed the history of social work and had a required reading “Huff”. This article discussed progress and reform to the social work profession. Through this reading I learned why the social work profession began. Social work bagan as a way to help the poor and maintain social order. I never realized how far back missionaries went in history to help the poor. They offered direct relief and prayer services for the people in need. As far back as to the Civil War, volunteers worked with the Sanitation Commision that developed into what we know as the Red Cross and Public Health today. As a society what we offered to those in need changed throughout the years. States use to have institutions for