John H. Addams Homestead

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

or her work? Give specific examples of the methods this person used to make changes - articles or books written, political actions taken, innovations made, etc. What reforms or changes took place as a result of the individual? Jane Addams was one of the first people in America who sought to improve the lives of these desperate poor. In Chicago she founded a settlement house (community center) called Hull House. Her work toward social improvements in Chicago, coupled with the work of

Years at Hull-House   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

action taker. Jane Addams was the epitome of such an action taker. Addams herself believed that ideas were not enough. She was not satisfied to live a life of ideological morality. Instead, she felt that true moral living could only be accomplished through action (“Dream” 84). Embodying the very vision she stood for, Addams put her convictions into action. Over the course of 46

Good morning, my name is Jane Addams and it's lovely to be here with all of you. While in London with my close friend Ellen Gates Starr in 1888, we visited Toynbee Hall which was a settlement house that aided poor industrial workers. Witnessing those provided services first hand ultimately sparked my desire to bring that system of aid to the United States in order to help lower classes. When Starr and I initially founded the Chicago Hull House in 1889, we both intended for institution to be a place

Jane Addams and the Hull House: The Hull House was opened in 1889, which was settlement house run by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr. It was located on the Near West Side of Chicago. The Hull House was important because it was located in a poor area yet it provided services which included kindergarten, music school, and the Hull House even had a theater and gymnasium in it. Jane Addams, not necessarily the Hull House, was mentioned in the book. Jane had attended the World’s Fair. (WHAT ELSE)

History). It was established in 1889 by Ellen Gates Starr and Jane Addams to help poor immigrants with many of their needs, including education. The Hull House started out small, solving small problems in its neighborhood, but soon grew bigger as more immigrants joined and sometimes even protested for causes on the government level. The Hull House helped immigrants achieve their dreams for their new lives in Chicago. When Jane Addams encountered a problem in immigrant education, it led her to explore

Jane Addams Jane Addams was a Victorian woman born into a male-dominated society on September 6, 1860 in Cedarville, Illinois. Her father was a wealthy landowner and an Illinois senator who did not object to his daughter’s choice to further her education, but who wanted her to have a traditional life. For years after his death, Addams tried to reconcile the family role she was expected to play with her need to achieve personal fulfillment. Jane was born into a rich family and could have

Agency Overview/ Historical Origins of the Agency The facility that I am placed at for my field practicum is called Mary’s Outreach Center. Mary’s Outreach Center is located in Rochester, New York and has only been in business for six years. Initially this program only passed out clothes to about a dozen refugees. The refugees who received clothing from Mary Outreach Center started to tell others about the clothes that they were receiving, which brought dozens of other refugees. After about one year

In 1889 Jane Adams along with Ellen Gates Starr, as the pioneer or "Mother" of social work opened the doors to Chicago's Hull House, which provided social services that included: child care; education in history, music, and mathematics; a library, employment assistance; as well as many others to immigrant communities in the city (NASW 60th Anniversary Interactive Timeline, 2016). Today, the philanthropic work of two women has become the field of social work, with thousands of professional social