Open for approximately 120 years‚ the Hull House in Chicago aided countless‚ different people. Some of those residents eventually rose to prominence and impacted even more people on local‚ state‚ and national levels. This beacon of reform served its purpose for many years and the residents helped make life as we know it today. However‚ this reform would never have been possible if Jane Addams had not been around. As an activist‚ reformer‚ sociologist‚ president and founder of several organizations
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Eve Grigware 11/30/12 Persuasive Historical Essay In the early 20th century‚ many social and political movements demanded the attention and action of the 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;
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Jane Addams Jane Addams was an American reformer who provided aid for both the financial and social needs of the urban poor in large cities. Throughout her life‚ Jane sought out a purpose for her life and found all the ways she could to help others. She gave aid to immigrants and children‚ as well as improving society as a whole. Addams was a progressivist who pushed for change in the economy‚ education‚ and public safety. She wanted equality for all people‚ once saying‚ “perhaps he is never so
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Rodriguez 1 American History Miss Randall 3 February 2016 Jane Addams Jane Addams opened the Hull House to the public in 1889. She was born on September 6‚ 1860 in Illinois and dies on May 21‚ 1935. She was one of the major leaders in the women’s suffrage movement. Ms. Addams helped a countless amount of people. She established the Hull House‚ which was like a safe house for the poor and the immigrants. Jane Addams was the most important social reformer in the time of progressivism because
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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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At the turn of the twentieth century the press received a great amount of credit for the success of the Progressive movement. Notable muckrakers Jane Addams and Jacob Riis showed determination towards there being a change; each made sure to use their abilities to aid in not only a social way‚ but ask economically and politically‚ even to this day what they’ve done has made a massive impact. A native of Denmark‚ Jacob Riis moved to the US in 1870 to pursue work. Riis worked as a police reporter
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The short story “After twenty years” is a classical story written by O. Henry. The story is about the two characters that were actually best of friends. They grew up in New York until lost sight of each other. One of them leave the place and tried to live in West to make easy money‚ thus he ended up being a criminal in Chicago while the other man felt that his place in his hometown is better and he ended up as a policeman. The two friends made a promise that after twenty years both of them will meet
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Twenty Years Later I‚ Beth Thomas‚ a 37-year-old married woman‚ have always been afraid to ride an airplane. People always say the only way to get over your fears is to face them‚ so today will be the day I will face my greatest fear. Why today you ask? Because today is the day of my twenty year High School Reunion. Today will be the day I will see my fellow classmates of the class of Dorman High 2009. Yikes! I Cant believe it! Twenty years have passed since I’ve graduated from high school
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#1 Both Jane Addams and Saul Alinsky‚ worked to enact social change within the poor neighborhoods of Chicago. Both would also go on to inspire many other social changes due to their methodologies and accomplishments. However‚ Addams’ and Alinsky’s approaches to bring about social change are often described as being polar opposites. One could argue though‚ that despite these superficial differences‚ Addams and Alinsky shared a commonality that is not often talked about. Jane Addams started
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Her name was Jane Addams. She was a huge influence in that time on American citizens. She was born on September 6‚ 1860 in Illinois and died in 1935. She did many things to turn America towards theirs most serious problems at the time and try to solve them. Jane Addams consistently tried to warn the country that one of the biggest problems were mother problems. Problems such as a need for
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