Kracha and Mike are sitting at the bar when an older American woman walks in. She takes a seat next to them and says, ”I bet I know where you gentleman are from.” Kracha and Mike just stare wondering where this conversation is going to go. “You gentleman are Slovak immigrants, Austria-Hungary born to be my guess.” Kracha and Mike were wide eyed. Their only response was to introduce themselves. The ladies response was “ I am Jane Addams.”
Addams a very outspoken woman begins to talk about her work in the immigration field. She was a social worker in the pioneer days of American immigration. She told Kracha and Mike about how she took a trip to London where she saw British versions of settlements houses so she co-founded the Hull House. She told them how the Hull House basically became the poster child for the settlement house movement in the United States. She expressed that her approach was pragmatic; she focuses on the immigrants and poverty-stricken citizens practical needs also developing their use of English. It took generations for this specific skill to become prevalent in Kracha and Mike’s family.
Kracha and Mike were amazed at how much they could relate to this woman that they had just met. Kracha discussed how he migrated to …show more content…
The work is hard and the hours are long for living with bare minimum wages. His wife takes in boarders, which is the only way workers can get ahead and actually save some money. Kracha opens his own business but eventually loses everything and returns to the steel mills. Mike marries Kracha’s daughter Mary and also works in the steel mill. Mary like her mother begins to take in boarders as well so that her and her family can manage to get by. “Departmental heads did their own hiring, and, whether American, English or Irish, tended to favor their own kind” (Bell 119). Slovaks were a group of immigrants that were forced into the mill and not given the opportunity to receive better jobs due to
Addams a very outspoken woman begins to talk about her work in the immigration field. She was a social worker in the pioneer days of American immigration. She told Kracha and Mike about how she took a trip to London where she saw British versions of settlements houses so she co-founded the Hull House. She told them how the Hull House basically became the poster child for the settlement house movement in the United States. She expressed that her approach was pragmatic; she focuses on the immigrants and poverty-stricken citizens practical needs also developing their use of English. It took generations for this specific skill to become prevalent in Kracha and Mike’s family.
Kracha and Mike were amazed at how much they could relate to this woman that they had just met. Kracha discussed how he migrated to …show more content…
The work is hard and the hours are long for living with bare minimum wages. His wife takes in boarders, which is the only way workers can get ahead and actually save some money. Kracha opens his own business but eventually loses everything and returns to the steel mills. Mike marries Kracha’s daughter Mary and also works in the steel mill. Mary like her mother begins to take in boarders as well so that her and her family can manage to get by. “Departmental heads did their own hiring, and, whether American, English or Irish, tended to favor their own kind” (Bell 119). Slovaks were a group of immigrants that were forced into the mill and not given the opportunity to receive better jobs due to