Jane Addams

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Jane Addams

• A major force in the progressive movement.

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Jane Addams youth

• Born on September 6 1860 Cedarville, Illinois,
  to Sarah Weber Addams and John Addams
• Jane was about two years old when her mother died
  so she was raised solely by her father.
• Jane admired her father and was heavily
  influenced by his ideals.

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Religion

• Jane was raised as a Quaker from her child hood.
  Instead of following her religion she converted
  to a Presbyterian church. She regularly attended
  the Ethical Culture Society where she worked as
  an interim lecturer,

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Education

• She graduated from Rockford Female Seminary in
  1881
• Her father was an Illinois politician, and a
  friend of Abraham Lincoln. He was also a trustee
  of the college that his daughter attended
• She did extremely well in school with a GPA out
  of ten was 9.862
• She was elected president of her class as well as
  head of the literary magazine and valedictorian
  of her class.

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After college.

• After she finished at Rockford, Jane wanted to
  attend medical school even though it was against
  her parents wishes because they felt it would
  affect her decision to marry. Marriage was
  expected of women of Janes class at a young age.
• She attended Womens Medical College but she left
  because she suffered from poor health and a
  pained back.

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The start of Hull house.

• In 1888 Jane visited England with a classmate
  from Rockford. Together they visited Toynbee
  Settlement Hall in London. While there they
  decided that an American equivalent was needed.
• On there arrival back to the USA they stumbled
  upon the abandoned Hull Mansion which had been
  used as a store house for immigrants.

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The founding of Hull House.

• After finding the Hull mansion Jane used her
  family resources to purchase the house.
• She begin to do renovations to it converting the
  old mansion into a serviceable shelter and
  education center.
• At Hull House they provided kindergarten, day
  care, art galleries, libraries, an employment
  bureau as well as class to help immigrants cope
  with America.

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An excerpt from Twenty Years at Hull House

• We believed, in our sublime self-conceit, that
  the difficulty of life would lie solely in the
  direction of losing these precious ideals of
  ours, of failing to follow the way of martyrdom
  and high purpose we had marked out for ourselves,
  and we had no notion of the obscure paths of
  tolerance, just allowance, and self-blame
  wherein, if we held our minds open, we might
  learn something of the mystery and complexity of
  life's purposes (1910, 63).

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Activates out side of Hull House.

• Jane involved herself in social reform efforts
  such as housing, sanitation issues, factory
  inspections, rights of immigrants, women and
  children, pacifism, and the 8-hour day.
• Jane was elected Vice President of the National
  Women Suffrage Association. For 3 years.
• Jane also campaigned for the progressive party
  supporting their candidate for president Theodor
  Roosevelt

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Awards and acclaim

• Jane was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize but due to
  her health she was unable to accept the prize
  herself due to the fact that ceremonies were held
  in Europe.

postage stamp of 1940
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The death of Jane Addams

• Jane died in may 3 1935 of acute appendicitis.
• She is buried in Cedarville Illinois near her
  child hood home.

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Summary slide

• http//www.webster.edu/woolflm/janeadams.html
• http//www.rockford.edu/aboutrc/jane.asp
• http//www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/ja_bio.html
• http//www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/newdesign/ja.html