Jane Adams Accomplishments
Jane Adams was born on September 6, 1860 in Illinois in a town called Cedarville. Her father was a well known business man, who had a lot of influence over her. She had eight siblings in which she was the second to last born. In 1926, she suffered from a heart attack and seven years later on May 21, 1935, she passed away.
Jane Addams had many accomplishments in her life time, and she influenced many people. She founded the Hull House in 1889, which was a place to provide services to immigrants and educate the poor individuals in her community. According to The Biography.com (2015), “she became the first female president of the National Conference of Charities and Corrections. She established the National Federation of Settlements the following year. She served as president of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom from 1919 to 1929. For her efforts, she shared the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize with Nicholas Murray Butler.” Britannica.com (2015), states that “Jane wrote many books such as the Democracy and Social Ethics (1902), Newer Ideals of Peace (1907), Twenty Years at Hull-House (1910), and The Second Twenty Years at Hull-House (1930).” She is …show more content…
She believed that by helping people gain knowledge it would result in better lives. She was a well know social worker who impacted many people’s lives. Reading about her life encourages me to work hard in college, because she believed in the importance of education. I admire how she has a heart for helping people and that is the reason I want to become a social worker, to be able to help as many people as possible. She saw that there was a need for education in the poor communities in Chicago and she went out and did something about the problem. As social workers, when we see there is a need in our community to go out and create a way to help fix the problem the best way we
Jane Addams had many accomplishments in her life time, and she influenced many people. She founded the Hull House in 1889, which was a place to provide services to immigrants and educate the poor individuals in her community. According to The Biography.com (2015), “she became the first female president of the National Conference of Charities and Corrections. She established the National Federation of Settlements the following year. She served as president of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom from 1919 to 1929. For her efforts, she shared the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize with Nicholas Murray Butler.” Britannica.com (2015), states that “Jane wrote many books such as the Democracy and Social Ethics (1902), Newer Ideals of Peace (1907), Twenty Years at Hull-House (1910), and The Second Twenty Years at Hull-House (1930).” She is …show more content…
She believed that by helping people gain knowledge it would result in better lives. She was a well know social worker who impacted many people’s lives. Reading about her life encourages me to work hard in college, because she believed in the importance of education. I admire how she has a heart for helping people and that is the reason I want to become a social worker, to be able to help as many people as possible. She saw that there was a need for education in the poor communities in Chicago and she went out and did something about the problem. As social workers, when we see there is a need in our community to go out and create a way to help fix the problem the best way we