Week10AssgnWilcoxC.doc Jane Addams-Social Worker Policy Maker Bachelor of Social Work, Walden University SOCW2003: Introduction to the Welfare System 13:53:22 GMT -05:00 Jane Addams-Social Worker Policy Maker The subject chosen as a social worker policy maker is Jane Addams. This essay wil...
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Jane Addams-Social Worker Policy Maker
Bachelor of Social Work, Walden University
SOCW2003: Introduction to the Welfare System
13:53:22 GMT -05:00
, Jane Addams-Social Worker Policy Maker
The subject chosen as a social worker policy maker is Jane Addams. This essay will map
out Jane Addams social welfare policy work and the impact made on society during her time in
Chicago in the late 1800s to early 1900s. Jane Addams work laid groundwork for future policy
makers that has been carried on for years. The impact of her work will be shown by
showcasing examples of her settlement home, Hull House and how the work done then has
forged a path for current day social workers and the immigrant community.
Jane Addams Biography
Jane Addams was born September 6, 1860, as the eight children to John Huy and Sarah
Webber Addams. Jane’s mother passed away when she was only two years old during childbirth.
Although raised by a single father she grew up in wealth and privileged. John Huy was a mill
worker, Civil War veteran and politician in their town. The family was raised with strict
Christian values.
Jane graduated in 1881 from Rockford Female Seminary. She excelled as a student and
graduated top of her class. With her strong Christian values and college-education, Jane vowed
to bring social justice to communities surrounding her. She originally was seeking a medical
career but her own health changed those plans. Instead, she traveled to London in 1888 with a
close friend. It was there she came upon a settlement home. A settlement home provides social
services to poor workers. Addams and her friend, Ellen Gates Starr was so impressed in the
mission of Toynbee Hall they were excited to bring this concept back to the United States.
The year 1889 Hull House of Chicago was the first settlement home opened in the United
States. The vision of Addams and Starr
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