Jane Addams: An Introduction:
- During her travels, Addams decided that she wanted to open
a settlement house
- Her and Ellen Gates Starr founded a settlement house in
Chicago called the Hull House in 1889
- Later joined by women who would become leading progressive
reformers: Florence Kelley, Julia Lathrop, Sophonsia
Breckinridge, Alice Hamilition, and Grace + Edith Abbott
- The Hull House became the center for research and debate pn
housing concerns, spread of diseases, and drug use
Activism:
One of the key leaders of Progressivism:
- Instrumental in lobbying for several social reforms in
Chicago
- Founding member of National Child Labor Committee
- Led to an initiative to establish a School of Social Work
at the University of Chicago
- Served as president of the National Conference of Charities
and Corrections
- Served as an officer in the National American Women’s
Suffrage Movement
- Helped found the National Association for the Advancement
of Colored People
- Protested US entry into WWI
- In 1915m headed the Women’s Peace Party and became
president of the International Congress of Women
- Helped found the Women’s International League for Peace and
Freedom
- Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931, becoming the 1st
American woman to receive it
- During her travels, Addams decided that she wanted to open
a settlement house
- Her and Ellen Gates Starr founded a settlement house in
Chicago called the Hull House in 1889
- Later joined by women who would become leading progressive
reformers: Florence Kelley, Julia Lathrop, Sophonsia
Breckinridge, Alice Hamilition, and Grace + Edith Abbott
- The Hull House became the center for research and debate pn
housing concerns, spread of diseases, and drug use
Activism:
One of the key leaders of Progressivism:
- Instrumental in lobbying for several social reforms in
Chicago
- Founding member of National Child Labor Committee
- Led to an initiative to establish a School of Social Work
at the University of Chicago
- Served as president of the National Conference of Charities
and Corrections
- Served as an officer in the National American Women’s
Suffrage Movement
- Helped found the National Association for the Advancement
of Colored People
- Protested US entry into WWI
- In 1915m headed the Women’s Peace Party and became
president of the International Congress of Women
- Helped found the Women’s International League for Peace and
Freedom
- Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931, becoming the 1st
American woman to receive it
