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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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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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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Jane Addams‚ The Mother of Social Work For years‚ men and women have shared the same rights that every American citizen can expect to have today. The land of the free prides itself for being associated with the idea of freedom and equality. These rights are often taken for granted and seem superficial until they come under threat. By being an American citizen‚ one would expect that the American government would grant those rights to every legal citizen. However‚ it has only been about ninety six
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As a progressive‚ Jane Addams committed herself as a social servant to the community in an attempt to fulfill the promise of democracy to everyone rather than a small elite group. Addams’s dedication to communitarian purposes as opposed to individualist gains can be attributed to her upbringing and her remarkable respect for her father‚ John Huy Addams. Although John Addams was extremely wealthy‚ his neighbors appreciated and respected him because of the benefits he brought to their community‚
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Jane Addams was an activist who changed and helped society with her persistence and dedication. She was born and raised in Cedarville‚ Illinois and went to Rockford Female Seminary in northern Illinois ("Jane Addams." Encyclopedia of World Biography). She later traveled to Europe‚ and when she was exploring to find what she was going to do for the rest of her life‚ she saw that many people were living miserable lives while she was wealthy because of her father. After she saw what was happening‚ she
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Graded Assignment Humanitarian Award Follow the directions in the Student Guide to complete this graded assignment. Your teacher will use the rubric and scoring information at the end of this document to grade your assignment. When you are finished‚ submit this assignment to your teacher by the due date for full credit. (40 points) Criteria List the four criteria you have established for the humanitarian award and give an explanation of each. Criterion #1: Establishes Hull-House
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Jane Addams and Civic Housekeeping: Bringing Women into the Public Sphere HIST 102: Introduction to U.S. History II Professor Stacie Taranto Phillip Gatto December 5‚ 2013 In the early 20th century‚ more and more issues began to face cities of the United States. Specific issues that cities began facing more and more included the rise in poor sanitation and health concerns in local tenement housing. In order for women to gain access to the public sphere
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Jane Addams: Women’s Rights In the saddening harsh reality of this world‚ some people experience the inequality and discrimination because of their morals‚ gender‚ ethnicity‚ etc. Having different perspectives can automatically separate one because of their differences. Some people may speak and elaborate about it‚ and others are willing to take a stand for what they feel is wrong or right. On September 6‚ 1860 was the birth of a human being who spoke out and took a stand for what she thought was
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Jane Addams Jane Addams was a pioneer‚ American settlement worker‚ a founder of the Hull House in Chicago‚ a public philosopher (the first American woman to be given that title)‚ an author‚ a pacifist and a feminist leader. In September of 1889‚ Ellen Gates Starr and her founded the Hull House in Chicago. She used Hull House to keep families safe and to improve community and societal conditions. Ellen and Jane developed three ethnic principles for social settlements: to teach by example‚ to practice
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