many thing as a president he passed an act called the Sherman Antitrust Act which allowed people to pay how much as they wanted for goods (food or basic clothing).Also‚ in the paper i’m going to talking about the hull house‚ The election of 1888‚ Jane Addams (co founder of the hull house) and the Sherman Antitrust act. Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd president of the United States he was born on August 20‚1833.He lived on a farm by the Ohio river below Cincinnati. Before his presidential time his
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were those with less who needed her assistance (Segal‚ N.‚ n.d.) Her real calling came in the early 1880s when Ms. Adams visited a settlement house‚ Tonybee Hall‚ in London’s East End. Addams spent time with the poor‚ deprived‚ and neglected‚ developing a sincere love and empathy for those in need. As a result of this trip‚ Addams founded the Hull House in an underprivileged area of Chicago in 1889. Addams and her colleague Ellen Starr provided shelter to the homeless‚ took care of children‚
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settlement house. When she returned from Europe‚ she became very inspired‚ she opened a settlement house as well with her friend‚ Ellen G. Starr. This settlement house was named Hull House. It was named “Hull House” because of Charles Hull‚ the builder of the house itself. “Addams initially financed Hull House with her inheritance” (Brown‚ Victoria Bissell). Jane Addams showed commitment of a lifetime because she truly believed that The Hull House will make a change into the unjust world. The Hull House
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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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future women had a guiding light in their fight for rights. Forty one years later‚ following the purchase of the old Hull mansion‚ Hull House was created in order to help her community. Hull house was a huge success being described as “the finest aggregation of buildings devoted to working-class education and recreation in the United States” (ic.galegroup.com). Within the Hull House‚ women were able to get educated about the rights that they truly deserved. By the 1915’s‚ Jane Addams had created the
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It was a cold night and I lie down in a room with my friend Jane. Her full name is Jane Addams. She had just been on a trip to Europe then Baltimore trying to find herself but I saw that she still wondered what she would do with her life. "So‚ do you have a plan now?" I asked. She cleared her throat. "I am lost‚ Raina. But I’m thinking about taking another trip with Ellen." I nodded my head slowly at her. Ellen was her former college roomate and a really good friend of hers. "Where to?" I decided
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Addams is known for Hull House‚ located in Chicago‚ IL. While this isn’t her only contribution to society during her life‚ this is the one contribution that has probably made the biggest impact on society. Jane became interested in social issues when she went on a trip to England with two college friends. She was exposed to the poverty that was all around England’s East End. Also‚ while she was in England‚ her and her friends came across Toynbee Hall‚ which was a settlement house that was used by students
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Settlement houses are a large part of social work history in both the United States and England. These houses have many different functions‚ but their main priority is to provide services to individuals‚ groups and communities in order to solve community problems. Some houses have a specific focus such as children‚ women‚ employment etc. Others are simply a resource in the community for everything from employment to education. These houses were so successful that many are still in operation today
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the middle-class women saw themselves as a morally uplifting force and went on to be reformers. Jane Addams opened the social settlement of Hull House in 1889. It offered an array of services to help the poor deal with slum housing‚ disease‚ crowding‚ jobless‚ infant mortality‚ and environmental hazards. For women who held jobs‚ Hull House ran a day-car center and a boardinghouse. Addams was only one of many early reformers to take up social work. Jane Porter Barrett‚ an African American
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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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