Jane Addams and Frances Perkins have always been my idols. Growing up in the 21st century, where people have fought for rights they should have never been denied, it’s tough not to have a role model that advocated for the right things. To me, social well-being is important. Thriving communities have people that have implemented programs to assist the community in ways that reveal success for its individuals. Jane Addams was said person to the community of Chicago, Illinois.
Jane Addams was passionate about advocating peace and freedom. She helped the poor, stopped the use of children as industrial laborers, worked to end the war, and gave women resources that benefited them greatly. Being a person who wanted the best for all, she saw an issue in a community and implemented a plan to fix the issue, which is one of the main reasons that social workers are valued so much. Addams became aware of the problems that Chicago’s poor suffered, so she opened a settlement house along with Ellen Gates Starr. At the Hull House, immigrants and the poor population that lived in the Chicago area were given access to various services such as a public kitchen, a gymnasium, a library, child care, and educational courses for adults and children. What Addams did stands out to me and is very important because I believe that this is the best way to help …show more content…
She advocated change in poor working conditions, she helped improve the nations work regulations, fought for laws to set minimum wages and had a say in the creation of the nations Social Security system. The change she contributed to was on a bigger scale than Perkins’ was but it still benefited many people and set policies to forever aid its recipients. The Social Security system, for example, has benefited hundreds of thousands of Americans since its implementation and I’m sure that her contribution to it focused on needs that individuals
Jane Addams was passionate about advocating peace and freedom. She helped the poor, stopped the use of children as industrial laborers, worked to end the war, and gave women resources that benefited them greatly. Being a person who wanted the best for all, she saw an issue in a community and implemented a plan to fix the issue, which is one of the main reasons that social workers are valued so much. Addams became aware of the problems that Chicago’s poor suffered, so she opened a settlement house along with Ellen Gates Starr. At the Hull House, immigrants and the poor population that lived in the Chicago area were given access to various services such as a public kitchen, a gymnasium, a library, child care, and educational courses for adults and children. What Addams did stands out to me and is very important because I believe that this is the best way to help …show more content…
She advocated change in poor working conditions, she helped improve the nations work regulations, fought for laws to set minimum wages and had a say in the creation of the nations Social Security system. The change she contributed to was on a bigger scale than Perkins’ was but it still benefited many people and set policies to forever aid its recipients. The Social Security system, for example, has benefited hundreds of thousands of Americans since its implementation and I’m sure that her contribution to it focused on needs that individuals