The Charity Organization Society

The Hull House was founded in Chicago and became the mecca for other settlement houses that was birth do to the success of the Hull House. This establishment operated by building a social bridge that connected social classes. “Addams believed the settlement house provided a service both yo the volunteer residence, who needed a purpose in life, and to an increasingly stratified society at large (Wendy L. Haight & Taylor, 2013).” There were three purposes the settlement house served which was to provided services and assistance to immigrants, policy advocacy, and an important piece that heightened national social reform to the next level; “Jane Addams noted social reform was imperative if the poor were to have any help (Dale &

They were looked upon to be a group of people who were invisible to society. These individuals were displaced and lacked motivation to pull themselves up by their bootstraps because they were surrounded by others who also lacked the desire to become successful. Harrington believed the poor were and will remain poor due to the middle and upper class not taking an interest in the ghettos and slums. He mentioned those who were not living in poverty only traveled to the poor areas to get to work or to go downtown for entertainment purposes. During those times, there was not much attention given to the poor areas. Also, when slums were destroyed and modern buildings appear, the upper class was under the impression that those living in poverty were being provided with assistance (Harrington, 1962). As a result of those living in poverty being invisible to the “affluent society,” their voices were not heard by politicians; therefore they lacked programs and services to enhance their lives and the cycle of poverty would continue throughout generations. Harrington believed aid should have been provided to those living in poverty as a means to help empower

Poverty effected many individual families around the world for many years, and it wasn’t until 1935, The Social Security Act was passed, therefore assisting many families in need. The effects of poverty is an extraordinarily obscure social experience, and the finding those causes is very similar. As a result, sociologists considered other theories of poverty, such as the journey of the middle class, employers, from the cities into the suburbs. The government has taken many steps over the years to put an end to or decrease welfare assistance. Although, the welfare system is extremely important to millions of people, it has been an underlying problem for many others causing idleness and laziness. There are many pros and cons to

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.

The setting of a rundown house in a poor neighborhood gives the impression of their struggle to survive as African Americans. The shabbiness of the exterior suggests their low social status. “A relatively recent addition to the house and running its full width, the porch lacks congruence. It is a sturdy porch with a flat roof. One or two chairs of dubious value sit at one end where the kitchen window opens on to the porch. An old fashioned ice box stands silent guard at the opposite end” (Wilson, setting description). While the newly added porch may represent an attempt to

“The home is the wellspring of personhood. It is where our identity takes root and blossoms, whereas children, we imagine, play, and question, and as adolescents, we retreat and try. As we grow older, we hope to settle into a place to raise a family or pursue work. When we try to understand ourselves, we often begin by considering the kind of home in which we were raised” (Desmond 2016, 293). Evictions! The root of poverty? Matthew Desmond’s novel “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in America City, portrays the lives of tenants, landlords, and house marketing on the poorest neighborhoods of Milwaukee. Desmond gives the reader overwhelming evidence and revealing testimony illustrating the major impact of inadequate housing on individuals, local, and national level. Desmond’s analysis and observation of his case study enables him to portray the reality of poverty, and to persuade the readers that evictions are a major consequence, and primary contributors in the relentless cycle of poverty. Desmond build his argument using two Aristotelian rhetorical appeals, ethos, logos and inductive reasoning to illustrates the importance of ending the cycle of poverty.

The Hull House helped and impacted people in countless ways. One of which, was that reformers helped teach immigrants skills that they may have needed for jobs. Immigrationtounitedstates.org states,¨Of Chicago’s one million residents in 1888, approximately 78 percent were either foreign born or the children of foreign-born parents. Because of the number of potential workers, the wages were low and poverty widespread, especially among unskilled workers.” This shows us that over half of Chicago 's population at the time, was either people who weren 't born in America, or children of parents that weren’t born in America. That’s where the Hull House comes in. Hull House reformers specifically taught those people things that they needed to know and things that they needed to know how to do. Reformers also went to the Hull House and gave lectures on economics and social issues. This impacted them because when they didn’t know the things that they were taught, it was highly unlikely for them to get a job. But when they learned these valuable skills, they were more likely to find work or a job.

Poverty and inequality cripple America in every state and region of this country. These social problems overlap between social class and different cultures. As we read Evicted by Matthew Desmond, and Hillbilly Elegy, by J.D Vance, these problems were brought to the forefront in their own unique way. Evicted focused on the lower class level of urban poverty in the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The people that were highlighted in this book were struggling to make ends meet every month, and keep food on the table. Many of the families that we read about were evicted countless times, and struggled to stay out of local homeless shelters. Hillbilly Elegy focused more on the struggles of the working class, and how the people of

During the mid-1800’s, the living and working conditions in New York City’s “Five Points” slum left much to be desired. During this time period, “Five Points” was inhabited by the Lansdowne immigrants who had come from Irish poorhouses. They had arrived in New York suffering from starvation and lacked the skills to be successful in the workforce. The opportunity placed before them was small, most could not read and write, and very little was expected of them. These Lansdowne immigrants tended to marry young and have large families; they also congregated in the worst neighborhoods and chose to wear poor clothing.

The Hull House acted as an employment center, library, day care center, and school for the community, more aimed towards people who did not already have the resources to get the services listed. The main reasons why settlement houses were important was because it was one of the only working systems that could effectively help poor individuals and immigrants learn middle-class values, as well as American values involving literature, labor, and lifestyle. The settlement houses allowed for more wealth and resource distribution toward the lower class that heavily helped the economy in the nineteenth century. Most settlement houses also provided kitchens, bathing and hygiene stations, as well as centers for recreational activities involving dancing, arts, and sports. Overall, the settlement houses were a pivotal part in the economy during the nineteenth century because it provided a link between being an immigrant and being in the middle class while having financial stability.

Living in a poorhouse in the 1800’s was considered normal because poor families couldn’t support themselves. “They are believed to have slept six people to one bed,” (Document 6) which is very disturbing because there aren’t any showers back then or even hospitals. It is a huge negative because of how horrible pollution and illnesses were commonly spread easily and killed off more people. Furthermore children were affected during this time because they had to stay at home in dangerous living situations with no protection. Luckily, this is a positive affect because child labor laws were passed. A huge defect is while they sat home, they weren’t being educated. Another main key point in this writing is children not being able to have an education. Instead of going to school and learning children were forced to work laboriously for a long amount of time. “From six in the morning till seven at night,” (Document 7). I acknowledge the suffering the children had to go through because they didn’t have a regular childhood. They were brought up in the world believing that working just to get by is normal

Urbanization in the progressive era was a huge factor, with millions of immigrants flocking to America for jobs. African americans flooded north also in search of jobs. Cities exploded outward and upward, condensing people into building and houses. This, given the time was highly unsanitary, with waste and filth in the streets, disease spread rapidly. Pollution caused poor living conditions often crowded and unsafe. Often there was little clean water or paved roads for transportation. Many people in the city's began to push for urban reformers. A Progressive reformer named Jane Addams stepped up and opened one of the first settlement houses in Chicago with Ellen Gates Starr, which greatly helped out local immigrants by producing education and even social services. Many reformers supported laws that would improve living conditions in the center city and fought to get rid of political corruption, which had been widely spreading.

In this essay I will try to highlight the key attempts made to improve workers housing in Britain between the years of 1850-1910.

Simply peering into a factory during the Gilded Age of the 1800’s would cause one to witness sights that could disgust and shake them to the core, with horrific child labor and sickening food production being only a couple. This Gilded Age allowed the U.S. to view itself in a positive light, despite the fact that it’s lower class was in a despairingly bad condition. The industrial advancements that were occuring overshadowed indescribably bad health and poverty that plagued the poorer people. However, the Progressive Era of the years that followed attempted to alleviate the problems the country was facing. During this time, not only were these problems brought to light, but social reformers and other individuals who advocated for change were

With inventions such as quicker and more effective ways of transit, the Utopian suburbia was born and alleviated overcrowding problems cities faced. However, many members of the poorer class were not able to remedy their living conditions that places outside of the city offered. The many helpful factors suggested by the aiding systems of the 19th century may have given a more acceptable living standard to the poor. But if you were born into the poor class you were stuck in the poor class unless you worked your life out of debt if you were able survive as long. Today, there are many reform programs and policies to help the lower classes; are few are namely unemployment agencies, welfare, shelters and educational practices. Despite years of reform, a lack in abundance of shelter or food stamps exemplifies the modern hardship that was comparable to the difficulties the people of the 19th century faced.(p1 para3, Newfield)