The Eulogy Of Jane Addam's Best Friend

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I’m Ellen, Jane Addams’s best friend; I’m going to tell you all about her, her life, and her life’s motive. Jane told me about the times before we met. She was born in Illinois in 1860 and her mother died soon after, when she was just a toddler. Her father was good friends with Abraham Lincoln and was very ethical; he was a good role model for Jane. In 1881 Jane’s father died the same year she received a degree from Rockford College. She spent the next few years sick and she didn’t know what to do with her life. She spent a little time at the Women’s Medical College in Philadelphia before she went to Europe and Baltimore for the next four years. At this time she still didn’t have a purpose. She finally found her calling in 1887 on a trip to

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