The Addams Family

This research paper will identify and point out highlights of Jane Addams uncovering an in-depth explanation of the importance of her and also the impact Ms. Addams had on the first third of the twentieth century. Born on the 6th of September, 1860, Jane Addams would win recognition worldwide as a “pioneer social worker in America, as a feminist, and an internationalist” making her the first woman ever to win a Nobel Prize. Jane was born in Cedarville, Illinois, the eighth of nine children.…

political and social activist Laura Jane Addams was born in Cedarville, Illinois. Growing up, Jane struggled with self-confidence issues and she felt like she couldn’t find her place in this world. Throughout her childhood her health began to deteriorate. She struggled with mental and physical health problems such as, depression and Potts disease (tuberculosis seen on the vertebrate). At the age of two, her mother Sarah passed away. She came from a family of a wealthy businessman and a state…

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…

It was a dark and rainy night, the perfect weather for the Addams family’s annual family reunion. Cousin It, Uncle Fester and the twins, Flora and Fauna, were all present. Gomez and Morticia were dancing the tango while Wednesday and Pugsley practiced sword-fighting. All of a sudden, a swift wind blew through the Victorian mansion. The candles along the walls and on the tables were immediately extinguished, plunging the Addams family and their relatives into an unfathomable darkness. “Holy…

need to notice people like Jane Addams to know where the change comes from. This autobiography starts out when she is young and you can tell that she is blessed to live in a very financially gifted home. This is because both her and her sister were able to…

She was born on May 12, 1820. She went to Kaiserwerth in Germany to learn about nursing in 1851. In 1853, she was given her first job to reorganize a small hospital in London. She did an excellent job! In 1854, she sailed with thirty four other nurses to Turkey, so that she could help the wounded soldiers. The wounded soldiers called her “Lady with the Lamp” because she spent her nights giving personal care to them. In 1859, Florence published a book called “Notes on Hospitals”, which…

Gospel of Wealth was written by Andrew Carnegie, one of the wealthiest and most successful industrialists of his time. Carnegie was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, and after Industrialism swept his town, his parents were out of work, causing Carnegie’s family to immigrate to the United States. He taught himself how to read at libraries. He then gradually worked his way up through the steel industry to become one of the most successful businessmen and philanthropists of his time. Carnegie wrote…

Family services and Child Welfare are a government or/and a non-profit organization designed to better the well-being of an unfortunate/troubled community. The utmost children come from abused, neglected, poor homes. Most families go into these services in the search for a better life. The job as a social worker working in this department is to advocate and educate your clients in every situation possible. When a person is looking into a child's case of maltreatment it is the person job to…

Jane Addams: I cannot trace the trail back to the day I wanted to start doing service-learning. I have always been involved in my community and doing different activities for organizations. I know that while I was growing up I was a part of many different service projects. One thing my family always did was bag up our old clothes and donate them every couple of months and I would always raid our cabinets for food drives. One of my favorite things to do as a child was to pick out a few different…

The picture book Steamboat School is about an African-American boy named James that lives in Missouri in 1847. In this time period, people of his race were not allowed to go to school. Instead, they snuck downstairs to the basement of a church to learn to read and write from a man named Reverend John Berry Meachum, who everyone had nothing but the utmost respect for. The basement had no windows, so it was naturally very dark. However, as Meachum says, “We make our own light in here”, (Hopkinson…