William Hull

I think that it is super important to have settlement houses, due to the fact that there are so many immigrants that come in and out of the United States. The importance of the settlement houses have to be the biggest key in the 19 century due to how many people from other countries wanted to start a new life in the United States. My opinion on the settlement houses are very big, I have to say that if it weren't for the settlement houses we as a country would be overcrowded and it would be a fight

Action is inherent in the tasks of a social activist. Ideas alone are not enough. Though the development of philosophies and manifestos is the basis for every social movement and every stride toward social justice, without social action and the social activist, little can ever be accomplished. The great social activist must, by definition, be the great social action taker. Jane Addams was the epitome of such an action taker. Addams herself believed that ideas were not enough. She was not satisfied

approaches to bring about social change are often described as being polar opposites. One could argue though, that despite these superficial differences, Addams and Alinsky shared a commonality that is not often talked about. Jane Addams started the Hull House. She brought services to

Feminism has been a controversial topic since as early as the 19th century. Feminism has had a profound effect on women’s roles in society as well as their everyday life. There are countless feminists whose achievements are still recognized and remembered today. Jane Addams is a historical feminist who changed the lives for the women of her time, and is still talked about to this day. While feminism was huge in the earlier years of America, there are contemporary feminists who fight for the rights

by Charles Hull and began one of the most important and successful things that Addams did in her lifetime. Adams and Starr “made speeches about the needs of the neighborhood, raised money, convinced young women of well-to-do families to help, took care of children, nursed the sick, listened to outpourings from troubled people” (“Jane Addams- Biographical, n.d.). This same article states that by its second year of existence, the Hull House hosted around two thousand people a week. The Hull House “consisted

at Hull-House” by Jane Addams and “No Name Woman” by Maxine Hong Kingston are both stories that deal with women’s issues. “The Devil Baby at Hull-House” is the story of how a myth of a devil baby can became an important symbol for many women. “No Name Women,” on the other hand, is about the narrator’s desire for her aunt’s story to be told. Both stories were written in the 20th century a time period where women had few rights and where men attempted to dominate women. “The Devil Baby at Hull-House”

In the past women's right was nonexistent, and they did not have any educational or voting rights. Most of their education was toward music, dance, embroidery, and how to be a good wife. Woman did not have a voice in society, and their ideas was disregard and not valued. During the year 1700-1900, some feminist movement for women's rights arouse. In Europe, Mary Wollstonecraft advocated for women's right and education. As a liberal thinker, Wollstonecraft desired a society with equal rights for

The dark neighborhood near Hull House was home to brothels, saloons, dope peddlers and all-night "druggists", plying their trade along Sangamon, Green, Peoria, Curtis, Carpenter and Morgan Streets. Prostitutes beckoned openly from open doorways to the string of whorehouses that operated between Monroe and Lake Streets. It was a horrible place, and amidst it all were the broken-down refugees and immigrants. It was to this people that Jane Addams' Hull House appealed. Addams was given a 25 year, without

At the turn of the 20th century, increasing vigilance of women led to the focus of placing responsibility on both men and women for the corruption of sex workers. Both genders had a responsibility for the prevalence of prostitution as well as to finding a solution to a prevalent problem in metropolitan areas such as Chicago. However, rather than providing financial or social resources to help victims of prostitution form relationships and earn a respectable place in society, many progressive and

In a passage from her book Twenty Years at Hull House, author Jane Addams uses rhetorical devices such as anecdotes of her experience living in Hull House and vivid imagery as powerful tools of social advocacy especially for the elderly who cannot care for themselves. Throughout the passage three anecdotes describing the lives of old women brought to the Hull House after no one else was left to care for them are used to show first hand what living in poverty is like. . Firsthand experiences give