Jane Adams
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Jane Adams
Jane Adams was one of the most important people of the progressive era. She was born September 6 1860 in Cedarville, Illinois, U.S. She was the youngest of 9 nine children born into a wealthy upper class family. Her father was a wealthy senator who was a personnel friend of Abraham Lincoln. When she was young she had spine problems but these were remedied later in life. In 1881 Jane Addams graduated from the Rockford Female Seminary. In 1912 she joined the progressive party. And in 1931 she received the noble peace prize. She spent her whole life trying to make the world a better place
One of her biggest accomplishments was to build the Hull House. Her and her close friend Ellen Gates Starr opened the hull house in 1889. The purpose of the home was to provide a place for immigrants and the lower class. It was very open for women and especially mothers who were down on there luck. By 1911 the hull house had been expanded to 13 buildings. The home had night schools for the resident’s, daycare and arts programs and clubs and activities.by 1920 there were over 500 homes modeled just like hers. The hull house is currently listed in the national register of historic places.
Jane Adams believed very strongly in women’s right and was very much a feminist. She was one of the first people who would fight for women’s rights to vote. She was a public speaker who often spoke for the rights of women. She said how can we expect mothers to take care of their neighborhoods and children if they have no say in how it’s done. She said the men that were voting didn’t think about what women or children needed. And in 1920 she got to see her dream come true when the 19th amendment was passed and women now had the right to vote.
She also was a very strong believer in the thought that children should have better living conditions. She thought children should be in school and not working in sweatshops. She was a believer in the idea that children are our future. She spoke to make laws preventing child labor and harsh conditions. She organized groups that pressured officials to put an end to cruel punishment on child laborers. This was a very new idea to most people considering most people at the time...