Jane Addams was born in Cedarville, Illinois on September 6th of 1860. She graduated in 1881, from Rockford Female Seminary, and was at the top of her class. After graduation, Addams wanted to take advantage of the fact that she was educated and put her education to use. Addams attempted to study medicine, and after this was unsuccessful she discovered something she was very passionate about. In 1888, Addams visited Toynbee Hall, a settlement house in London, and instantly knew...
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The Progressive era was an era in which many people were standing up for what they believed in and starting organizations dedicated to what they wanted to change. Problems were being addressed mainly in the labor work force, women’s suffrage and in African Americans lives. Thankfully a lot of great women were in this era, and made such great impacts on women today. Here are just a few of women who impacted us and our lives. Florence Kelley was born...
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There are some important questions to ask ourselves as followers of Christ. What types of actions will help us maintain our relationship with God? This question is most simply answered as the 12 spiritual disciplines. I will be focusing on the discipline of service and how Jane Addams was an incredible example of how God wished to see His people serve others. Christ was the backbone of Jane Addams work with the poor, women's suffrage, as a peace advocate during...
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In the 1800’s, despite the fact that Social Work did not exist as such, Jane Addams (born in 1860), was illustrated as a feminist and activist, she believed in her own instincts and learned from her past experiences when with working with individuals who had desperate and complex needs for high quality care due to their current situations. Because of this she was most recognised as the ‘Mother’ of Social Work. Jane was inspired to recreate Toynbee, the world's first...
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Question 1: Provide an example of a contemporary organization that reflects the ideals or objectives of the Jane Addams Hull House and the Settlement House Movement. Describe ways in which the values and functions of that organization are consistent with Marx’s Ideas. Answer to Question 1: Contemporary organizations are organizations that strive on independent team and worker function where the employees of said company are empowered to figure out problems on their own without need for centralized control and corporate...
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What qualities mark a great, respectable man? Surely, in order for others to consider him an exceptional man, he must be virtuous and brave. Historians illustrate a large multitude of historical figures to be admirable, yet they don’t elaborate as to why. In Jane Addams’ address commemorating George Washington’s birthday, she clearly articulates how and why Washington earned his legacy as an incredible man. Addams not only examines Washington as a statesman, she also analyses him as a soldier and...
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Money. Food. Education. Jobs. Homes. Hygiene. All of which are of utmost importance for Americans, yet are being wrongfully denied to immigrants of our country. Immigrants are constantly forced into low-paying unskilled labor, demanding and tiresome work shifts, and cramped tenements swamped with disease. These conditions not only affect their lives but future generations as well, plunging thousands of immigrants and their families into poverty. The “land of opportunity” that people once sought when coming to America is no longer...
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Contemporary Feminist Theory is a generalized, wide-ranging system of ideas about social life and human experience developed from a woman centered perspective. Working to describe and critically evaluate the world from the distinctive vantage points of women, Feminism investigates the various situations of women in everyday society. With a history of influencers including Jane Addams, Florence Kelley, Marianne Weber, Harriet Martineau, and Patricia Hill-Collins, women in history were labelled as activists rather than sociologists. Intending to discredit their education as...
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The fundamental questions that have been central to educational philosophy and reform since ancient times appear to boil down to the debate regarding teaching being either an art or a science and the philosophic dilemma regarding the role of the teacher in the classroom. The pendulum in these debates usually swung from the teacher-centered standards or curricula based philosophies to child-centered progressive classrooms. Maria Montessori developed a philosophic method that combines the scientific approach of developmental milestones, emphasis on teacher...
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