Jane Addams School for Democracy

Jane Addams is an early leader in woman’s suffrage and a pioneer settlement worker in social reform in the United States. She is an exceptional woman who advanced the welfare of working class for adults and children, by political advocacy and by providing practical opportunities. She wanted to help immigrants with education and to have a better life in the city. She believed that women should make their voices heard in legislation and should have the right to vote. Addams studied the effects of the Industrial Revolution on the poor and the immigrants, and the misunderstood role of women in society. She saw things in Chicago to reform. Poor people were living in crowded neighborhoods. The houses were small and the people lived in crowded rooms. The streets were dirty. People did not have places to get clean water. They did not have places to wash. She wanted to help the people of Chicago. She used sympathetic knowledge- firsthand knowledge gained by living and working among those being studied. This helped her to understand their problems. She listened to them and helped them work together to change things in their neighborhood. She was one of Chicago’s first community organizers. In 1889, Addams…

An early leader in social reform in the United States, Jane Addams was a remarkable woman who advanced the welfare of working class adults and children by providing practical opportunities and political advocacy. Born in Cedarville, Illinois, on September 6, 1860 Addams founded the world famous social settlement “Hull House”. She then lived and worked from the home in 1889 until her death in 1935. Adams was an encouraging women famous for writings, settlement work and international efforts for…

Her beliefs were well known and she even, quite radically, challenged Woodrow Wilson’s decision to enter into World War I with impunity. Addams helped to found several organizations such as the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Many other women were attracted to advocate for progressive reforms as a result of Addams’s work, the American labor and civil rights landscape might be very different today without her…

Jane Addams took her talents and desire to help on a greater scale after a trip to Toynbee Hall in London with a friend, Ellen Gates Starr, the future co-founder of the Hull House. The inspiration they felt at this home for the poor was enough to be carried back with them and put to use. Her personal hardships were overcome, and for the greater good of the people, she pushed through and made their idea a reality, knowing that a large portion of the population would greatly benefit from their…

the problems that arise from urbanization, immigration and industrialization and some of the goals was to promote moral improvement and protect social welfare. Leaders who took part in the movement felt that the dishonesty and corruption going on threatened the reforms and changes that were needed. To solve the problems faced by mainly the lower class, Jane Addams’ “Twenty Years at Hull House” and Lincoln Steffens’ “Tweed Days in St. Louis” wrote two articles that tried to bring about poverty…

Deinstitutionalization is the movement of large numbers of people from self-contained institutions to community-based setting, such as halfway houses, family homes, group homes, and single residential dwellings (Woodside 38-40). When deinstitutionalization began a need to provide services to those affected became apparent; therefore, the field of Human Services was developed. Clients had multiple needs, limited knowledge, and limited resources. The human services professional assisted clients…

Jane Addams was born September 6, 1860 and died May 21, 1935. She was a remarkable person and left behind an awesome legacy of social and political activism. Jane was a pioneer American settlement social worker, a public philosopher, sociologist, author, and leader in women’s suffrage and world peace. She began her contributions during the Progressive Era and was able to stand out and still leave a great mark during the times when Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson were also making their…

What makes this program unique is that it offers bilingual counseling to its victims. BDVP offers individual counseling, onsite support groups and also specialized groups for incarcerated women. BDVP also partners with local hospitals to offer onsite domestic violence services. They provide education and training on domestic violence for professionals, community member, the workplace and youth. Bilingual domestic violence program also provides transitional housing for women and their children…

Settlement houses were essentially community centers where people could go to get help with anything that was troubling them. This is illustrated by Hull House in Chicago, Illinois. This settlement house led by Jane Addams would provide members of the community with basic needs initially and would also provide for them a place to develop culture. Patrons of Hull House could get childcare, art lessons, and an education. Hull House became a compound of multiple buildings that serviced the…

In Twenty Years at Hull-House, Jane Addams described her mission for the Hull-House in Chicago to offer a center for educational learning and to improve the city 's conditions. The Hull-House was successful in achieving her mission by offering classes to gain domestic and educational skills and opened opportunities for young women. Although, the lack of immediate response to social problems by the government and the ethnic divide between the neighborhood and the residents of the house limited…