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Jane Addams did NOT found a national society like the YMCA or Salvation Army. she did a multitude of work- but mainly in the Chicago area, latterly being involved in PEACE MISSIONS and opposed US involvement in World War I, known as the European War at the time. So her influence was most practical at the Hull-House- in Chicago, which at a different address, still exists.
This sounds like an essay question for your school, but Jane Addams was an outspoken advocate for peace and for immigrants' civil rights while the majority of Americans supported World War I and feared foreign socialists and radicals. She made a speech at Carnegie Hall in support of pacifism and was labeled unpatriotic.
Jane Addams was a well-respected social reformer and an advocate for poor women and their families, but she was also famous as a pacifist who had long opposed any and all wars. She lived during the first world war and was deeply affected by all the suffering it caused; she did not want to see a second world war. Addams was part of the international peace movement, and joined with other women (and even a few men) in attending conferences to promote cooperation between nations. She lobbied government leaders to try to persuade them to join her cause, and wherever she went, she spent her time advocating strongly for world peace. Her efforts earned her the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931.
well as a child Jane wante to get away from the violence of world war 2. This was one of the things that motviated her to go to africa which at the time seemed like a calmer and not as much of as a batle field and still is.
Like many educated women of her time, she strongly opposed war, and became actively involved with the peace movement. She had lived through the first world war, and as a pacifist, she knew she did not want to see a second world war. She was a social reformer, known for her work trying to improve the lives of poor women and children, and when she was not advocating for them, she was advocating for world peace, along with a number of other famous women (and a few famous men). She believed that money spent on war and weapons would be better spent fighting poverty and improving the lives of families. Her efforts earned her a Nobel Peace Prize in 1931.
I believe Jane Addams was born AFTER the Civil War, not sure. probably not.
She was an anti-war activist and opposed to US participation in the conflict. This did not endear her to the defense contractors such as Mr. Carnegie of US Steel.
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Jane Addams did NOT found a national society like the YMCA or Salvation Army. she did a multitude of work- but mainly in the Chicago area, latterly being involved in PEACE MISSIONS and opposed US involvement in World War I, known as the European War at the time. So her influence was most practical at the Hull-House- in Chicago, which at a different address, still exists.
This sounds like an essay question for your school, but Jane Addams was an outspoken advocate for peace and for immigrants' civil rights while the majority of Americans supported World War I and feared foreign socialists and radicals. She made a speech at Carnegie Hall in support of pacifism and was labeled unpatriotic.
No, she ardently opposed US intervention in the European War, as it was then called (there was no Pacific Theatre in WWI). by the way she won the l93l Nobel Peace prize so pacifist activity was in-character.
Jane Addams was a well-respected social reformer and an advocate for poor women and their families, but she was also famous as a pacifist who had long opposed any and all wars. She lived during the first world war and was deeply affected by all the suffering it caused; she did not want to see a second world war. Addams was part of the international peace movement, and joined with other women (and even a few men) in attending conferences to promote cooperation between nations. She lobbied government leaders to try to persuade them to join her cause, and wherever she went, she spent her time advocating strongly for world peace. Her efforts earned her the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931.
Jane's WWII Fighters happened in 1998.
Jane's WWII Fighters was created on 1998-11-30.
Social reformer, suffragette, and founder of Hull House Jane Addams never formally married. She had a close, romantic friendship for much of her life with Mary Rozet Smith, a supporter of Addams' work at Hull House. The women exchanged letters at least once a day and considered themselves like a married couple.
Social services worker- par excellance! Humanitarian- and anti-war activist- also opposed to Child Labor, alcoholism, drug abuse- the latter not a serious problem in twenties Chicago.)
Jane Addams claimed her biggest obstacle was the nature of humans. She tried to help everyone no matter their religion, skin color, gender, or other factors and to fulfill her desires as a writer, but she met a lot of opposition, including some from her own father.