Jane Addams served as a mother to poverty stricken families and individuals who struggled throughout their new immigrated lived in Chicago during the late 1890’s. Through her construction of the Hull House, she wanted to provide a foundation for the young people who eagerly strive for success but are halted by the whips and scorns of society. I found her to be motivated by three reasons for this action. First, in its simplest form, she wanted the people to have a place to call home. Her second motive was to improve the lives of the poor through educational programs, job opportunities, sparking new hope.
Abstract In this article an African American Reformer of Womanist Consciousness, 1908-1940, it highlights the work of Elizabeth Ross Haynes as a politician, an African American social welfare reformer and “race woman.” Elizabeth Haynes worked with Through the Young Women’s Christian Association, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Women in Industry Service, and other organizations’. Haynes has done a lot of work that focuses on services for women and African Americans during the 1900’s and beyond, she was very interested in women’s labor issues and she dedicated much of her time in her professional career by researching, writing, and speaking on these particular subjects. Haynes was skilled at manipulating a complex social and professional maze, she leaves a legacy that deserves our acknowledgment and respect. In this article it discusses the implications for the social work practice based on Haynes activist community involvement, her commitment to African American social work on behalf of her race, and her woman consciousness. Keywords: Elizabeth Ross Haynes; History; African Americans; Women; Social Welfare; Labor An African American Reformer of Womanist Consciousness 1908-1940 Like most African American women of her time Haynes considered herself as a role model, she kept herself involved in researching, writing, and speaking about the issues of women’s labor, women’s roles in the political arena and the use of women’s talents and skills.
Andra the program Rush which involves itself with organizations that work to improve the position of minorities. (Hughes, 2012) The Pipeline applied to Andra because she used her experience as a nurse to remember that time is better spent out with your employees and not in an office. She started the educational program “The Readers Edge” so that her employees could improve their skills. (Hughes, 2012) Andra has become a leader not just to her heritage but to the community by being on the board of directors for the Michigan Minority Business Development Council. (Hughes,
The CARE organization has made many campaigns to help support women. According to CARE.ORG they have adopted Help Her Live, Help Her Learn and the Help Her Earn (CARE, 2006). Those accounts are directed in the uplifting of women around the globe. The Help Her Live program is to help women with medicinal issues while giving birth. “Maternal mortality is nothing short of an epidemic.
Lastly, Dorothy Day utilized her emotionally crippling childhood as well as her early experiences as a radical demonstrator to become the person she ultimately wanted to be. Her commitment to serving the poor was above reproach. Each of these leaders left a lasting impact on the groups of people they advocated for as well as American
Jane Addams Through her sheer grit, fierce tenacity, creativity, and integrity to affect social change and improve the living conditions of those improvised, oppressed and exploited, Laura Jane Addams, who can be described as the quintessential social worker, stands as a true leader in the area of social reform in the United States during the Progressive Era and a source of inspiration to all modern day social workers who follow in her legacy of work. Jane’s contributions include the development of Hull House, the first settlement house in the United States. She was also advocate for women’s suffrage and a key player behind the establishment of safe and fair working conditions for women. Jane’s devotion to the well-being of children was also integral to the development of child labor laws, in addition to development of the first juvenile courts in the United States. She was also cofounder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (Adams, Jane, 2008).
Eleanor Roosevelt grew from being a shy, awkward child, into a woman with great sensitivity to the underprivileged. Her constant work to improve the lives of others made her one of the most loved
Sisters of St Joseph today are a robust group of women working in Australia, New Zealand, East Timor, Ireland, Peru and Brazil and follow in Mary’s footsteps doing a wide variety of works, revealing to all the hospitable heart of God. The Mission of the Sisters of St Joseph The Sisters of St Joseph in Australia believe in Mary MacKillop’s legacy. The Sisters continue spreading her values which including caring for the poor, the dignity of every person and that everyone deserves an education. The Sisters try to target the most underprivileged areas of Australia’s communities. Mary Mackillop death Mary Mackillop was kind to all people, even if they did not agree with her.
Addams also wrote a few books that described her life and the most well-known books could list out such as Newer Ideals of Peace in 1907, the Spirit of Youth in 1909 and especially the Twenty Years at Hull House in 1910 (Brown 402). Jane Addams, as a reformer who’s always aiming to establish the freedom and the rights for labor and social worker classes, spent whole life to work for people. As a woman always put her efforts to work for peace and bring peace to others, she awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 1931 as a reward that her efforts had been recognized and demonstrating by others. The influence that Jane Addams had made to society was unforgettable. The impacts that she made had changed the minds and the direction of society towards women and African-American.
It was places like Hull House that incited social reform to help unify the urban and rural populations. Jane Addams was crucial in relieving this conflict between the urban and rural populations through her philanthropic work in Hull house. “Over the years Jane Addams built a bridge between the immigrants and the old-stock americans,