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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Chicago are explained very well throughout the readings from the Hull House articles. They give real world insight to what the time was like back then. The Hull House was founded by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr in 1889 and was the most famous Settlement House in the United States. The first section that I chose to read was the “Beginnings of Settlement Life In Chicago” and the area of The Experiment in Chicago. Making the Hull House available to those who were not fortunate was a great idea to
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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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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 tried to help European
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“Hull House in the 1890’s” and “Putting on Style” demonstrate and explain two very different yet very important parts of American female history. While “Hull House in the 1890’s” shows the struggles and efforts made by women in order to break down barriers and gain political power in a male dominant political society‚ “Putting on Style” portrays the rebellious and socially changing world of female adolescents. Though “Hull House in the 1890’s” and “Putting on style” come from opposing views of reform
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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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thinking‚ regarding the devotion to community service. She looked to her father for guidance and support (7) and after he died (the patriarch)‚ Addams was left with a $60‚000 inheritance‚ which she decided to use to establish the settlement house in Chicago‚ Hull-House (10). At the beginning of the chapter‚ the author raises questions that were prevalent a century ago and that are still important today. The one question I found most interesting is‚ “Can white‚ native-born‚ economically secure Americans
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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 fulfill all of her achievements‚ being
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Jane Addams (September 6‚ 1860 - May 21‚ 1935) was a pioneer settlement social worker‚ public philosopher‚ sociologist‚ author‚ and leader in women’s suffrage and world peace. In an era when presidents such as Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilsonidentified themselves as reformers and social activists‚ Adams was one of the most prominent[1] reformers of the Progressive Era. She helped turn the US to issues of concern to mothers‚ such as the needs of children‚ public health‚ and world peace. She said
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