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Background: Jane Addams was born in Cedarville,Illinois on September 6, 1860. She grew up in the very small town with five brother and a sister when her mother died. Jane was only two. Addams was a primary founder of Settlement House Movement in the slums of Chicago in 1889. She was also the first American women to win a Nobel Peace Prize. Mrs. Addams always wanted to help and give to the poor. Addams father was a big inspiration in her life. He taught her to work hard, never give up and always go for a higher level of education. She attended a Rockford Seminary and excelled in her studies. Addams wanted to continue her degree in medicine. After college Jane took a grand tour to Europe for about a year and a half. She began to show signs of serious illness. Jane father died shortly after her return. Her fathers death set Jane into a deep depression and made her feel guilty because of her fathers death. In the same year, she could barely walk or move without a great amount of pain, and had slight curve in her spine. Eventually, Addams had surgery and was strapped into a back harness from which she could not move for about a year. After her year recovery Jane went back to to Europe just with friends. After her second trip to Europe when she came back to the US Jane Addams and Ellen Starr both wanted to start a settlement house in Chicago. Addams became the creator, the innovator, and the leader of the settlement house. Addams released her first published book in 1910. In 1911 she became the vice president of the National American Women Suffrage Association. Jane Addams worked to her death which was in 1935.

Problem: Jane Addams wanted to put a end to poverty and let women voices be heard. She also wanted to change laws on child labor, factory inspection systems and, society attitudes towards armaments and war. Jane wanted to help the poor and immigrants to find a place like home and feel as if they were apart of the US. Jane felt as though she wanted to help all ages not only adults and adolescence.

Solution: In solution to one of her problems Jane opened up the Hull House. The Hull House was a center to aid in the solutions of life in a great city, and to help their neighbors build responsible, self-sufficient lives for themselves and their families. In the Hull House Addams and Starr helped deliver babies, take care of the ill, teach the immigrants how to speak English and counsel people with their problems. To allow women have the right to vote Jane became the vice president of the National American Women Suffrage Association. She stood up for the poor and for women when no one else did. Jane opened up a Juvenile Court in 1899.

Works Cited "Jane Addams - Biography." Nobelprize.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2012. . "Jane Addams biography." Lakewood Public Library (Lakewood, Ohio). N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2012. . "Modern History Sourcebook: Jane Addams: "Why Women Should Vote," 1915 ." FORDHAM.EDU. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2012. .

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