World History Honors Scrapbook Maisie O’Meara Jane Addams World History Honors Scrapbook Maisie O’Meara

Childhood Born September 6, 1860 Born in Cedarville, Illinois Second youngest of nine children Had a congenital spine defect which did not allow her to do much physical activity when she was young Jane Addams as a child Spine defect

Childhood Father was a well-off local political leader Mother died when she was two years old Father remarried Stepmother brought two step-siblings to the family Very devoted to father Jane’s father Jane’s father and stepmother

Education Attended Rockford Female Seminary Developed strong leadership skills Graduated in 1881 Valedictorian of a class of seventeen Jane as a student

Education Received bachelor’s degree the next year when school became Rockford College for Women Father encouraged her to pursue higher education Began to study medicine Medical Symbol Younger Jane Addams

Problems as a Young Woman Parents thought she had enough education and were afraid she would never get married Parents took Jane and her friends on a tour throughout Europe for almost two years Became very ill during this trip Europe

Problems as a Young Woman Father died when she returned from trip Became very depressed and even more ill Could not walk or move without pain Had surgery to fix curvature of her spine Was put into a back harness for a year after surgery and could not move Jane depressed Curvature of the spine

Work After recovering from surgery, she went back to Europe Went sightseeing with friends Introduced to works of Toynbee Hall- house for slums in London when she was 27 years old ↕ Toynbee Hall

Work This encouraged Jane and friend Ellen G. Starr to create similar house in Chicago 1889- Jane and Ellen leased a house from Charles Hull Two young women moved in with a purpose to create a center that would help people in need House leased from Charles Hull Ellen G. Starr

Hull House Jane and Ellen gave speeches about their purpose Raised money to develop house Convinced women to help Hull House Hull House help

Hull House Cared for children Cared for the sick By second year, Hull House was helping 2,000 people every week Nursery Children at the Hull House

A Day at the Hull House Morning Afternoon Evening Kindergarten classes Club meetings for older children Evening More clubs for adults Night class for adults Club meeting Class at the Hull House

Developments to the Hull House Art Gallery Public Kitchen Coffee House Gymnasium Swimming Pool Boarding Club for Girls Coffee House Wrestlers in the gymnasium

Developments to the Hull House Book Bindery Art Studio Musical School Drama Group Library Employment Bureau Labor Museum Library Musical School

More Work Worked to End poverty Improve labor conditions Examined child labor laws, factory inspection system, and the juvenile justice system Protect immigrants from exploitation Limit working hours for women Make school for children mandatory Improve industrial safety Child labor Women labor

More Work 1911- Became first vice president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association 1912- Campaigned for Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Party Wrote a few books Twenty Years at Hull House Autobiography Great success Newer Idols of Peace Peace and Bread in Time of War National American Women Suffrage Association Twenty Years at Hull House

Accomplishments 1905- Appointed to Chicago’s Board of Education and made chairman of the School Management Committee 1909- Became first woman president of the National Conference of Charities and Corrections 1910- Was given the first honorary degree ever given to a woman from Yale University Jane Addams

Accomplishments 1915- Accepted chairmanship of the Women’s Peace Party President of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom until 1929 1931- Nobel Peace Prize Women’s Peace Party Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom

Last Years Had a heart attack in 1936 and never fully recovered Died May 21, 1935- three days after doctors discovered she had cancer Funeral took place in the Hull House courtyard Jane Addams’s funeral Jane Addams’s burial site

Legacy Remembered as first social worker Strong feminist One of the most famous woman activists in the United States Jane Addams Hull House Association- organization that has established several social service centers in Chicago today

“Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.” - Jane Addams