According to Jane Addams‚ some of the issues that America faced were the rapid growth of industrialization‚ a large class disparity‚ and many individuals who did not know how they would be able to help others. Also‚ when Addams described the subjective necessity‚ she is referring to the reasons why she opened the Hull-House. She cited three different reasons: a desire to interpret democracy in social terms‚ a willingness to help others‚ and the Christian Social Gospel movement. Jane Addams thought
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meats. All of these issues were major during the late 1800s and early 1900s for people in the U.S. Plans and reforms were proposed during the Progressive era to address the problems that were faced by many Americans in the early 1800s late 1900s. Jane Adams built an inexpensive house for poor families to live in named the “Haul House” in Chicago IL. This house was a great help to families. The child labor rate dropped between 1890 and 1920 (Doc3). Women were given their right to vote. Susan B. Anthony
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Jane Addams’ legacy and impact on history lives on through many people and organizations today. Because Jane Addams opened the Hull House‚ many other settlement houses were built and continue to function. These settlement houses brought attention to the needs of youth in society. In 1893‚ Hull House opened the first public playground in Chicago. Current care for children and teens are seen today in early childhood education‚ after-school programs‚ and focus on recreation such as gym‚ recess‚ and
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The birth of Habitat for Humanity started with both Millard and Linda fuller’s visit to Koinonia Farm in 1965. Just outside Americus Georgia one of the most poverty stricken cities in the United states. Biblical scholar Clarence Jordan founded this small christian community farm. Here the Fuller’s learned the concept of partnership housing‚ a tool that habitat uses to create simple decent homes by working with volunteers. Milliard Fuller would leave his comfortable life as a young millionaire and
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Jane Addams‚ a pioneering social worker‚ helped bring attention to the possibility of revolutionizing America’s attitude toward the poor. Not only does she remain a rich source of provocative social theory to this day‚ her accomplishments affected the philosophical‚ sociological‚ and political thought. Addams was an activist of courage and a thinker of originality. Jane Addams embodied the purest moral standards of society which were best demonstrated by her founding of the Hull-House and her
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My presentation is about 2 residential buildings: Eames House and Koshino House. The earlier building is called the Eames House which was created by husband and wife‚ Charles and Ray Eames. The other construction was designed by Tadao Ando and it is named the Koshino House. Charles Eames was born in 1907 in St. Louis‚ Missouri‚ which if you don’t know is located in America. In 1941 Charles married Ray. As a couple‚ they both designed furniture‚ buildings‚ and other objects. In fact‚ during World
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Jane Addams truly had an unbelievable impact upon those around her. "Walter Lippmann‚ noted author and critic‚ commented‚ ’She had compassion without condescension‚ She had pity without retreat into vulgarity. She had infinite sympathy for common things without forgetfulness of those that are uncommon.’ (Robin Berson) A friend of hers recalled astutely‚ ’She was a woman of marvelous poise. She never seemed to be flustered‚ never off balance‚ even when angry - and she was capable of deep indignation
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It took a group of journalist called muckrakers‚ such as Jane Addams and Upton Sinclair‚ to bring attention to labor and living conditions and make a difference. President Theodore Roosevelt coined the name muckrakers‚ because they “raked the mud of society” by uncovering and reporting the nation’s issues. Jane Addams cofounded Hull-House‚ which attracted reformers that were committed to social service‚ challenged boss rule and the
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Hillary Clinton and Jane Addams both saw a need for labor reform nearly one hundred years apart. Clinton and Addams’s progressive ideas are similar in which they want all workplaces to be safe for the employees‚ a day’s wage to increase in order to satisfactorily provide for employees families‚ and a stable future for when the workers reach retirement. Jane Addams drew her focus on child labor. The industrial revolution brought the concept of child labor. Children were working in places such as mills
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United States. During this time‚ Jane Addams became an accomplished philosopher‚ author‚ peace advocate‚ feminist and sociologist during the Progressive era‚ who was unique from other reformers during this time because she didn’t prioritize the social‚ economic‚ and political inequalities that plagued America’s minorities; Every issue was important and she proposed her beliefs on coexistence through a pacifist attitude that helped pave the way to the accomplishment of many successful labor and social
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