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    All started with a young woman in her mid -20s, she graduated in electronic engineering in 1974. In the same year, she decided to study at the university of Grenoble, but unfortunately her mother was killed during an assassination attempt on her father, who was the current president of South Korea, age twenty-two she was regarded as First Lady. Five years after her mother’s murder, her father was also assassinated. Suffering such tremendous tragedy did not make her weak, instead she became…

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    Jane Addams Research Paper “Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpected effort that might have saved the world” (Addams). This quote from Jane Addams shows how she viewed the world. She felt that you had to do everything you had to help others, which is exactly what she did. Jane changed the world through her work and generosity and it earned her prestigious awards and many viewed her as a role model. The factors that contributed to how she…

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    mistakes on the path of becoming a successful country, overall it resulted into a country that can fix from even their largest mistakes. America has hit several bumps on the way but, in the end America is a world-known country that is known for it’s democracy and the power it…

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    well known and respected activist Jane Addams wrote and delivered a speech in honor of George Washington’s birthday to Chicago’s Union League Club on February 23, 1903. Within the course of her speech she affirms her views on the significance of George Washington’s legacy. In addition, she uses George Washington’s legacy to make a point about the then-modern day society that she and the audience lived in. In order to effectively communicate her point, Jane Addams uses lots of rhetorical…

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    Chase Gibbs Sociology 101-12 Professor Moore 10-22-16 Jane Addams September 6, 1860 Jane Addams was born in Cedarville, Illinois. “Her parents are Sarah Weber Addams and John Huy Addams” (Daniels 2016). Jane Addams was the eighth of nine children and fifth living child at the time of her birth. When she was two years old her mother died giving birth to an early baby. After Jane’s mother died her father would remarry to Anna Haldeman with two sons. “Jane’s father ran a successful mill business…

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    Enheduanna (~2300 BCE): Enheduanna was the daughter of Sargon of Akkad, the first ruler of the Akkadian Empire in Ancient Sumeria, approximately 2300 BCE. She is the largely credited as being the world’s first named author; she wrote numerous poems, psalms, and prayers which lay the foundation for later Hebrew psalms and the Homeric Hymns of Ancient Greece. Enheduanna served as High Priestess to the Akkadian Empire, and was charged with the responsibility to maintain the city’s temple complex…

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    of a better life, never imagining that in America it would also be grueling. Laura Jane Addams as a young child was given the entitlement of having nice clothes, food, a shelter, but most importantly a family. She chose to take the road which lead to promote philanthropy work and with pride changed the thoughts of numerous individuals. Laura Jane Addams was born September 6, 1860 to Sarah Weber and John Huy Addams. Even though Jane’s mother had nine children…

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    Not a lot of women in United States history are talked about, but Jane Addams should definitely be one of them since she improved the lives of so many. She was a progressive reformer and an advocate for the settlement house movement. The settlement house movement was made to improve conditions for immigrants and other residents. Jane was a middle class American activist/reformer and leader in women's suffrage who improved the lives of many poor individuals. Although this was not the first…

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    The document in chapter 21-1 – Jane Addams on Settlement Houses: The Subjective Necessity for Social Settlements – was written by Jane Addams in 1892. The author is writing about the topic of social settlements to share the necessity for social settlements as there are major problems in the society, and these settlements would make “universal” those “blessings which we associate with a life of refinement and cultivation” and help provide for the betterment of immigrants and educated middle class…

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    Laura Jane Addams was born in Cedarville, Illinois on September 6, 1860. She was the eighth born of nine children, although only she, two sisters, and a brother survived to adulthood. Her father, John Huy Addams, was a businessman and a local political leader who served for sixteen years as a state senator and fought as an officer in the Civil War. Jane’s mother, Sarah Weber Addams, died when she was two years old, so she did not have much contact with her. Jane Addams, known most importantly…

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