Jane Addams and her colleague, Ellen Gates Starr, founded the most successful settlement house in the United States otherwise known as the Hull-House (“Settlement” 1). It was located in a city overrun by poverty, filth and gangsters, and it could not have come at a better time (Lundblad 663). The main purpose of settlement houses was to ease the transition into the American culture and labor force, and The Hull-House offered its residents an opportunity to help the community, was a safe haven for
impact on other women and influenced them to work toward their goals and that a woman can do pretty much anything a man can. Jane Addams is also recognized as the founder of the social work profession in the United States. She co-founded, with Ellen Gates Starr, the first
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 very
Social Work was officially started in the 19th century as a movement within the U.S and the U.K. After the end of feudalism, the poor were regarded as a danger to the societal order. Due to this apparent threat, the government created the Poor Law and made a system that would provide help for them. Societies were put in place in order to provide assistance to those in need. In the late 1800’s a new system came to action in order to help the poor and sick. Born in this century was one of the most
The progressive era was a time of enormous changes that flourished in the United States. Activists demanded a reform in education, technology, science, and Democracy. Purification of government was the main goal, and it was during this time that progressives made “scientific” the social sciences, especially history, economics and political sciences (http://www.iep.utm.edu). It was also during this era (1890’s-1920’s) that the Federal Reserve System was founded. The 16th through 19th amendments
following year to receive one of the school’s first bachelor’s degrees. With limited career opportunities for women, she began searching for ways to help others and solve the country’s growing social problems. In 1888, Addams and her college friend, Ellen Gates Starr, visited Toynbee Hall, the two women observed college-educated Englishmen “settling” in desperately poor East London slum where they helped the people. This gave her the idea for Hull House. In the years from 1860 through 1890, the prospect
Action is inherent in the tasks of a social activist. Ideas alone are not enough. Though the development of philosophies and manifestos is the basis for every social movement and every stride toward social justice, without social action and the social activist, little can ever be accomplished. The great social activist must, by definition, be the great social action taker. Jane Addams was the epitome of such an action taker. Addams herself believed that ideas were not enough. She was not satisfied
Twenty 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 the philosophies
The United States is a nation of immigrants but also a nation of Americans, when exactly does it happen that an immigrant becomes an American? Most of the people in the United States came from Europe or their ancestors came from Europe. Many immigrants were poor, day laborers who chose to live in the city. They came to America in hope of a better economic life. Many lived in sections of the city that suffered from severe poverty. They often lived in run down tenement houses that were unsafe. All
Throughout history, there have been many influential leaders that have paved a path into where modern society currently stands today. One prominent figure that is responsible for a majority of social reform during the Progressive Era is Jane Addams. Jane grew up constantly being challenged intellectually by her father, John Addams, which led to her continuous curiosity and desire to challenge herself. Starting off as a girl from a small prairie town in Illinois, Jane was able to accomplish reform
Jane Addams and the Progressive Movement Works Cited Not Included Jane Addams is recognized as a social and political pioneer for women in America. In her biography, which later revealed her experiences in Hull House, she demonstrates her altruistic personality, which nurtured the poor and pushed for social reforms. Although many of Addams ideas were considered radical for her time, she provided women with a socially acceptable way to participate in both political and social change. She defied
The Subjective Necessity for Social Settlements, 1892 In the beginning of 1890 the US experimented a time period called the progressive era. During this period of time the American society faced a lot radical changes in industrialization and the development of a rapid urbanization, as well as changes in government policies and institutions. The main characteristics of the progressive regulation was mainly to eliminate corrupt monopolies, and to promote the urban industrial society through the production
those less fortunate. These women became the care givers, teachers, and health service providers for their community. There were many settlement houses founded by women but some of the most popular are the Hull House founded by Jane Addams and Ellen Starr and the Henry Street Settlement 1893 in New York by Lillian Wald (Women in the Progressive Era). Lillian Wald was a head-hard worker. Coming from a well off family and having attended nursing school, Wald became very interested in the poverty endured
Born as Protestant reform, the ideas behind the Social Gospel movement exploded in the United States among America’s Christians and more. The concept of Social Gospel applied Christian ethics like charity and justice, to society’s growing issues, poverty, lack of education, malnutrition, particularly in poverty stricken neighborhoods. One of the most prominent examples displaying Social Gospel was Jane Addams and the Hull House. Addams’s goal was to bring culture and a better quality of life to those
Jane Addams was one of many social workers who spent their whole life helping the poor people. She creates certain organizations that help the poor people to get the necessary things to life. One of these organizations that began as known her as ¨The Mother Of The Social Work¨ was the Chicago Hull House (The Settlement House) in 1889. Addams create this organization to promote welfare for those people in need. Jane Addams with this organization made a critical impact in people's lives with her generous
Jane Addams was born in Cedarville, Illinois. She was a philanthropist, women’s rights activist, and an anti-war activist. Jane Addams cofounded one of the first settlements in the United States, the Hull house in Chicago in 1889, and was named a co-winner of the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize. Addams also served as the first female president of the National Conference of Social Work, established the National Federation of Settlements, and served as president of the Women’s International League for Peace
federal relief programs in the United States. The programs intended to help support the people devastated by the effects of the Great Depression by providing government jobs, cash grants, food and clothing. b. Jane Addams along with her friend Ellen Gates Starr founded one of the first settlement houses in the United States. Hull House provided programs and services for immigrants and those in need. The settlement house movement changed the way social workers viewed poverty from a micro to a macro level
childhood desire to do something important with her life” (American Heroine, 10) . Rockford is also where she met Ellen Gates Starr, who became her best friend and eventually moved with Addams to Chicago, the poverty section to be exact, in 1888. On September 18, 1889, Addams and Starr opened the Hull House. Inspired by the Toynbee Hall in London, England, which Addams visited with Starr in 1888, the Hull House was a settlement house founded to “Bring the Rich and Poor Closer Together” (American Heroine
poor, and workers. To help the poor and workers, minimum wage laws were encouraged, as were limits on working hours. Settlement houses were communal centers that offered work and education facilities to immigrants and the poor. Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr founded the Hull House. Citizen classes, free health clinics, nursery, and a kindergarten were all accessible to the poor, immigrants, and unemployed. Located in Chicago, many immigrants unfamiliar with America, parents who were unable to support
One of the most effective reform techniques is to “investigate, educate, legislate, enforce” (Fee/Brown, 2). This straightforward manner of rectification was summarized and utilized by Florence Kelley during the Progressive Era in the United States. During a period where women lacked suffrage, and most didn’t have steady jobs, Kelley was the head of the National Consumer’s League and had a resume that boasted affiliation with various other esteemed organizations (Verba, 1). She epitomized independence