American Immigration & Ethnicity (HIST 461-001) Professor Brian J. Payne Essay #2 – Twenty Years at Hull House‚ by: Jane Addams April 3‚ 2014 Jane Addams was undoubtedly one of the most influential and prominent female figures in the United States in the late 1800s and early 1900s. She single handedly changed the face of social reform among poor immigrants living in Chicago during this time period‚ and was also regarded as a catalyst for influencing positive community relationships between
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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
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Part Twenty-One: The Progressive Era 21-6 Jane Addams‚ Twenty Years at Hull House (1910) Based on a similar movement in England‚ settlement houses arose in American cities in the late nineteenth century to address various social problems connected to immigration and urbanization. Among others‚ the settlement houses attracted middle-class‚ college educated women who had no other employment outlet. Jane Addams founded the most famous settlement house‚ Hull House in Chicago‚ where she and others
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An act of kindness can go a looooong way. Jane Addams and Mahatma Gandhi made big changes to this world through their positive passions and that had a great sizable effect on people and continues to do so. Opening a new law office‚ supporting and giving to the poor‚ and the Hull House are all ways these people have shown their passion. First of all‚ positive actions can have great effects on people by opening a new law office to end mistreatment. To clarify‚ positive actions could have great effects
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Jane Addams and The People’s Hull House The genesis of social work is as diverse and heterogeneous as the profession itself. Social workers across time have committed their lives to bettering and improving the quality of the lives of people around them. Today‚ we the people‚ enjoy benefits like unconditional civil rights‚ social security‚ access to affordable health care‚ proper treatment for those with disabilities and most importantly gender equality along with many other services. This is due
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Jane Addams at Hull house I. A Biographical Sketch A. Life a. Childhood b. Education c. As a Sociologist II. Her Legacy and Influences A. At Hull House a. Ideas of a settlement House b. Hull House was born c. Activities at Hull House B. The Chicago Women a. Social Amelioration b. Social Ethics and Social Claims c. Her sociological articles and publications Critiques References JANE ADDAMS: A Biographical Sketch Life Childhood Jane Addams
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Elizabeth Biddle‚ Matthew Conlin‚ Caroline Eliassen‚ and Samantha Minio Mr. Burrows Sociology September 13‚ 2012 Jane Addams Jane Addams of Cedarville‚ Illinois‚ is anything except ordinary. She was a member and founder of the Settlement House Movement. Along with her companion Ellen Starr‚ Addams founded the Hull House‚ which is located in Chicago. If that is not enough‚ she was also the first woman from America to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. You may wonder how this woman was able to
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An American pragmatist and feminist‚ Hull-House founder Jane Addams (1860-1935) came of age in time of increasing tensions and division between segments of the American society‚ a division that was reflected in debates about educational reform. In the midst of this diversity‚ Addams saw the profoundly interdependent nature of all social and political interaction‚ and she aligned her efforts to support‚ emphasize and increase this interdependence. Education was one of the ways she relied on to overcome
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HULL-HOUSE Laura Jane Addams was born on September 6‚ 1860 in Cedarville‚ Illinois‚ into a privileged middle class family. As a young child‚ Jane‚ as they called her‚ knew hardships. At the age of two her mother died. Soon after‚ Addams had been struck with tuberculosis leaving her with a deformed spine. Still having her father to carry her through‚ she would try to live life as normal as possible. Jane often would travel to the mills her father owned; playing in the piles of grain in the storerooms
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Jane Jacobs‚ the author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities‚ though never finished college‚ wrote pieces focused on cities. She concentrated on how and why cities worked‚ as well as why urban renewal and redevelopment was hurting the great cities instead of improving them. She expresses arguments on the principles and aims of the orthodox city planning and rebuilding that have shaped modern cities (1). Her most pronounced arguments are the planners approach to redevelopment and revitalization
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