Jane Addams1
Jane Addams was born in Cedarville, Illinois on September 6, 1860,and the eighth of nine children. Her father, John Addams, was a prosperous miller and local political leader who served for sixteen years as a state senator and fought as an officer in the Civil War, he was a friend of Abraham Jane's mother dies when she was only two. Her father remarried and her new stepmother brought along two new stepbrothers to add to the already large family. With the fact of Jane's mother passing away she was especially devoted to her father, her father became her idol (Jane 1). He taught her tolerance, philanthropy, and strong work ethic (Biography 2). He encouraged her to pursue higher education but not at the cost of losing her femininity and the prospect of marriage and motherhood (Biography 2). She was born Laura Jane Addams and was named after Mrs. Laura Jane Forbes, an intelligent young woman who had taught private school in the village before she married Colonel H.C. Forbes. Soon her siblings were calling her Jenny: for most "Jane's" were "Jenny's" then, so soon after the gala concert tour of Jenny Lind, "the Swedish Nightingale." When Jenny was 2 years old she wa
her education. Resulting in that Jane's parents took Jane and her friends on studies. She developed very strong leadership traits and her classmates sick or invalid and a great comfort to all of the townspeople (Wise, 16). After her return from Europe she decided to declare her faith and Many reformists came to live in Hull House to help Chicago's poor. The residents organized the first public playground in Chicago in 1893 and the first juvenile court in the country in 1899. They also set up one of Chicago's first kindergartens, and promoted cleaner streets, better housing, and laws to regulate child labor. They also taught English, government, bookbinding and other subjects to immigrants. Its facilities include a day nursery, gymnasium, meeting and recreation rooms for youngsters and adults, arts-and-crafts workshops, classrooms for adult education, a music school, a theater for amateur dramatic performances, and a social-service center. Funds for the operation of Hull House were provided entirely by the voluntary contributions of private citizens and grants by other social-welfare agencies. parents. Once Jane had been in Europe for a while she was introduced to the would settle down a little and realize that her duty was to marry and have a very well liked in the town, usually being the first to the bedside of the (Biography 2). Jane could barely walk or move with out great pain. She did
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