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Jane Addams, 2006.
This paper looks at Jane Addams as an agent for meaningful social change, yesterday and today.
2,164 words (approx. 8.7 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 71.95
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In this article, the writer discusses Jane Addams, who was a pioneer in social work, an active opponent of war and a driver of reforms in politics and education during the last quarter of the nineteenth and first quarter of the twentieth centuries. However, as the writer points out, many of the social problems she fought so fiercely to overcome, still exist. In this paper, the writer revisits Jane Addams' personal background, ideals, writings and achievements, that furnishes insight into why her activism might be of value at the start of the twenty-first century in dealing with some of today's most serious societal ills.
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"Cimbala and Miller, in 'Against the Tide: Women Reformers in American Society', emphasize the influence that Jane Addams' father and mother had on her life. Her mother, although only alive for the first several years of Addams' life, exhibited kindness and generosity toward the poor thereby serving as a role model. Addams' father, according to these authors, was "a wealthy landowner, miller, banker, investor and state legislator," a man possessing "moral rectitude and civic-mindedness". Upon his death, he left Addams' with a substantial inheritance accompanied by an intense desire to change the world for the better, although her desire was tempered by a perception of expectations of her that constrained her from taking action. Her studies of Tolstoy, Marx, Emerson, and others helped to formulate her commitment to work for the benefit of the poor and suffering."
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Jane Addams and The Women of Chicago, 2004.
Historical account of the accomplishments of Jane Addams and a group of women known as the "Women of Chicago".
2,220 words (approx. 8.9 pages), 14 sources, APA, AU$ 73.95
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This paper focuses on the history and accomplishments of social theorist, Jane Addams, and the "Women of Chicago". The paper describes Jane Addams's life and her contributions to social theory and sociology. It includes her founding of Hull House.
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"Jane Addams was a great contributor to social science during the late eighteen hundreds and through the early nineteen hundreds. She was also a fairly complicated woman since her name appeared on the FBI's list of "most dangerous radicals". Being the first woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, founding the settlement house known as Hull house, and founding National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, or better known as the NAACP, are a few of her more honorable accomplishments. The experiences with all of these successes, particularly the Hull House, contributed highly to her donations to social theory."
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Jane Addams, 2001.
This paper is an analysis of the life and achievements of Jane Addams.
1,095 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 41.95
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This paper studies Jane Addams the woman and her accomplishments. At her time, she was probably the most beloved woman in America. It details all her areas of progress including: founding a settlement house, educating, writing, labor advocate, and suffragist. She left a legacy of democratic values behind her and American democracy was at a loss. She had paved the path for women that are holding very high positions in corporations, as general counsels, vice-presidents and presidents.
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"The world certainly did lose something with the death of Jane Addams, with her passing the world lost her fighting spirit and brutal loyalty to American democracy and social justice. But what she left behind was a paved road for women to follow her footsteps. She left a set of ideals in people's minds, she left a role model for little girls who wanted to grow up and change the world. Today and in our history, we have some of those women who fight for some of those same democratic values. Women who are both powerful and influential and make good use of their positions just as Jane did. Women like Eleanor Roosevelt who fought for some of the very same things Jane Addams did, such as democracy, women's rights, and children's education. Oprah Winfrey is another example of an influential role model for women today. She uses her talk show to reach millions and to pass on a message of peace and equality for everyone. Laura Bush continues to crusade for causes both political and social such as literacy, equality, and world hunger. Jane Addams created the foundation for these women to be able to do what they're doing; she showed us all how it's supposed to be done. "
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Jane Addams, 2003.
Discusses the life of the American social-settlement worker and leader.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, AU$ 25.95
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The paper discusses Jane Addams's place in American history and her contributions to society. It looks at her formative years and her Victorian background's emphasis on helping the less fortunate.
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"Jane Addams
A Life
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The following biography will focus on the life of Jane Addams. An introduction will discuss her significant place in American history as a contributor to society and peace. The following section will discuss her formative ..."
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Philosophy and Practice United, 2006.
An overview of three great social activists: Harriett Martineau, Jane Addams and W.E.B. Dubois.
780 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 29.95
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This paper studies the lives, work and writings of Harriett Martineau, Jane Addams and W.E.B Dubois, all of whom embodied the expression "Practice what you preach." The paper demonstrates how all three authors dedicated their life and writings not only to the philosophy of social involvement in a particular socially disadvantaged community, but to living and embodying this philosophy. The paper traces the actions and impact of each individual, focusing on his or her ability to achieve practical social action through their own lives, personal acts of defiance, and public acts of engaged social upheaval.
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"Martineau died in the 1870's, shortly before the birth of Jane Addams, the founder of the settlement movement. Addams is noted for viewing the needs of the poor with an objective sense of compassion and an absence of moral judgment. Thus, her social activism was conduced in the same spirit as Martineau conducted her sociological analysis of American and Middle Eastern societies. Jane Addams was another woman who defied conventional expectation of how a woman should live in her devotion to improve the life of the poor with her actions in the community, as well as with her writings. Her work in social settlements dealt with the problems created by urbanization, industrialization, and immigration. Unlike many other settlement houses, Addams' Hull-House residence provided kindergarten and day care facilities for the children of working mothers; an employment bureau; an art gallery; libraries; English and citizenship classes; and theater, music and art classes. "As the complex expanded to include thirteen buildings, Hull-House supported more clubs and activities such as a Labor Museum, the Jane Club for single working girls, meeting places for trade union groups, and a wide array of cultural events." (UCI, 2005) During this time, Addams also penned books, speeches, and newspaper articles advocating for the rights of the poor to better housing and conditions, as well as for the peace movement. Thus Adams was the first activist to unite social theories about the empowerment of women to the empowerment of the poor, and to the international trade movements for labor rights and world peace."
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Spiritual Journeys, 2002.
Examining how the stories in "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Haley and "Twenty Years at Hull House" by Jane Addams each fit the classic pattern of the spiritual pilgrimage.
1,958 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 66.95
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This paper explains how each of the protagonists in these stories sets out on a spiritual journey which is simply seen as part of life, though it is a journey that not everyone takes as fully as possible. It shows how Malcolm X, for instance, might have continued down the criminal path he began on had he not had a revelation while in prison. This is compared to Jane Addams' spiritual journey, which is more direct and lifelong, and in her case, she had to overcome a physical abnormality because of a congenital spinal defect. Both became leaders in their respective times and communities, and both suggested the importance of such institutions as education, social welfare, and religion.
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"The vital importance of education is emphasized again and again in The Autobiography of Malcolm X, as is the need for a better understanding of the development of a black identity in American society. Malcolm X grew up in a world where being black was a handicap. It could even lead to one's death at the hands of an angry mob, something he knew from his childhood. At the time, this implanted in his mind a subtle sense of shame at his blackness, something he could not have articulated but which influenced his development as a human being and his choices as a young man. He tried to be as white as he could both culturally and physically, a choice which led him into criminal activity that only emphasized his lack of a positive identity in the white world as in the black. Like many other young black men of his generation, he fell into a certain stereotypical mold imposed on him by the way whites viewed black people. He acted out that stereotype and put on the mask society had made for him. He wore his hair straight because white people had straight hair, making him ashamed of his natural hair."
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Three Women's Autobiographies, 2002.
An analysis of Jane Addams' "Twenty Years at Hull House," Madeleine's "Madeleine: An Autobiography" and Mabel Dodge Luhan's "Intimate Memories: The Autobiography of Mabel Dodge Luhan".
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, AU$ 47.95
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This paper will discuss three women's autobiographies and discover how they appealed to society in their unique approaches to gender relations. By discussing the differing lives of Jane Addams' "Twenty Years at Hull House," Madeleine's "Madeleine: An Autobiography," and Mabel Dodge Luhan's "Intimate Memories: The Autobiography of Mabel Dodge Luhan, we can see why these women reinvented themselves and transformed the way that people saw women within their times.
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"Twenty Years at Hull-House", 2007.
An analysis of the political arguments of Jane Addams in her book "Twenty Years at Hull-House".
1,268 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 46.95
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The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss and analyze the book "Twenty Years at Hull-House" by Jane Addams. Specifically, it discusses what her political argument is and how she goes about promoting it in the book. It looks at how Addams argues that it is the responsibility of the government to care and aid those in poverty and that regulating the workplace is one place to begin this aid. It also examines how Addams promotes the idea that everyone needs to respect each other and work together to solve society's toughest problems.
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"Part of her argument surrounds the inactivity of local and state governments to create decent living and working conditions for the nation's poor. She writes, "The policy of the public authorities of never taking an initiative, and always waiting to be urged to do their duty, is obviously fatal in a neighborhood where there is little initiative among the citizens" (83). The city has a moral obligation to create decent conditions for the city's poorest workers, but she notices that often they shirk their responsibility because the immigrant citizens do not know their rights or how to access them. She notes that many houses do not have sewers, there is little street lighting, the streets are dirty, and the schools are inadequate, among other things. "
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"Twenty Years at Hull House", 2005.
A review of "Twenty Years at Hull House", the autobiography of Jane Addams.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, AU$ 37.95
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This paper examines how written in 1910 as both an autobiography and an account of her founding of the famous Hull House in Chicago, Jane Addams' seminal text "Twenty Years at Hull House" has much in store for its reader. It examines Addams own account of her formative years, from the almost allegorical narrative of moral development and conversion, to the actual story of this home of social reform at the turn of the century.
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Two Spiritual Journeys, 2002.
Discusses the spiritual pilgrimage or journey of two American leaders: Jane Addams and Malcolm X.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 2 sources, AU$ 59.95
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Discusses the spiritual pilgrimage or journey of two American leaders: Jane Addams and Malcolm X. Compares purpose of both journeys.. Overview of life of Malcolm X & his spiritual revelation in prison his education, attitudes, his leadership in the black nationalist movement. Overview of Addams life & her spiritual and personal journey. Her decision to devote her future to establishing a settlement house t help Chicago'r poor people; her belief in the need for social welfare programs.
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"The stories told in both The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley and Twenty Years at Hull House by Jane Addams each fit the classic pattern of the spiritual pilgrimage. Each of the protagonists sets out on a spiritual journey which is simply seen as part of life, though it is a journey that not everyone takes as fully as possible. Malcolm X, for instance, might have continued down the criminal path he began on had he not had a revelation while in prison. Jane Addams's spiritual journey is more direct and lifelong, and in her case, she had to overcome a physical abnormality because of a congenital spinal defect. Both became leaders in their respective times and communities, and both suggested the importance of such institutions as education, social welfare, and religion.
The vital importance of education is emphasized again and ..."
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"Jane", 2004.
An analysis of the position of the unfavored daughter, Jane, as the victim of neglect in Steven Molen's book, "Jane".
983 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 36.95
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This paper reviews the book, "Jane" written by Steven Molen, an unfortunate account of the rape of a favored and beautiful sister by a mysterious man. The paper focuses on Jane, the less favored child of the family, and her emotional turmoil in the face of the tragic events. The paper elaborates on Jane's perceived neglect on the part of her parents.
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"Families are tremendously challenged by the perpetration of violence against one or all of its members. Yet, one of the most profound acts that challenges a family is rape. Rape has so many meanings and convoluted issues that are associated with it that many issues both very bad and very good can surface as a response to the rape of a member of any family. This is especially true with regard to families with more than one daughter. In this work, Jane by Steven Molen is an unfortunate account of the rape of a favored and beautiful sister by a mysterious man. Political and Feminist criticism of this work would determine that Jane is a victim of the societal romanticism of violent sexual acts, Jane wishes to endure just such an act to gain favor she seems to always have been denied because of her perceived secondary position to her sister."
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Poetry in "Jane Eyre", 2005.
An analysis of the classic novel, "Jane Eyre" written by Charlotte Bronte.
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This paper discusses Charlotte Bronte's classic novel, "Jane Eyre". The paper presents the poem Bessie sings to the youthful Jane Eyre, after which Jane sobs uncontrollably and is unable to eat. The paper analyzes the poem and examines how the language of the poem reflects Jane's progress toward independence. The paper illustrates the parallels in Bessie's song and Jane's rocky road toward independence.
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"Jane Eyre is a gothic romantic tale of a young orphan girl's youth and young adulthood. From her lowly beginnings as the tormented ward of a sadistic aunt, Jane's internal strength allows her to evolve through into a self-sufficient and independent woman despite the many obstacles placed in her path. Soon after releasing Jane from the Red Room, Bessie-one of Jane's aunt's servants-sings her a "really doleful ballad." The language of the song Bessie sings to Jane reflects in many ways Jane's progress toward independence."
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Jane Eyre, 2002.
A character sketch of Jane, the main character in Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre".
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This paper shows how Jane's character develops and stengthens throughout the novel. The writer explains that Jane is faced with many difficulties while attending Lowood School that force her to strengthen her resolve to persevere in spite of many obstacles. Some of these obstacles are mentioned and discussed.
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"At the novels opening Jane Eyre is subjected to various cruelties by Mrs. Reed leading her to renounce her family and hope for the relative escape of Lowood School. Jane is aware that she has little other chance for escape because her social standing as an orphan leaves little options for her future and welfare. While a male can easily strike off on his own, an orphaned female's only options for escape are education at an acceptable school for females or through marriage."
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Jane Eyre's Struggle Between Conscience and Passion, 2005.
An examination of Jane's internal struggle in the final section of "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte.
890 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 0 sources, AU$ 33.95
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The final portion of the novel "Jane Eyre" presents the protagonist with a number of choices where she is forced to weigh matters of conscience versus her passions. This paper considers the last few chapters and discusses whether conscience or passion wins. It also analyzes how her fight between conscience and passion contributes to the novel as a whole.
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"Feeling her perception of Rochester's voice to have had some mystical provenance, Jane immediately returns to Thornfield, discovering only a burnt-out ruin where the beautiful manor once stood. Once she finds Rochester-who was injured in the fire which killed Bertha and now lives in a smaller house in the woods-he confirms the supernatural nature of what she heard just before rejecting St. James' proposal. Rochester proposes marriage to her, and she accepts. Now that Bertha is gone, there is no impediment to Jane's and Rochester's marriage. They are married in a quiet ceremony and live as equals. As was her decision to share her inheritance with her cousins, this decision is one where her passion and her conscience coincide."
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Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre", 1995.
This paper analyzes Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre", focusing on the nature, degree and significance of Rochester's dependence on Jane in characters' moral and spiritual evolution..
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"This study will analyze Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre", focusing on the nature, degree and significance of Rochester's dependence on Jane. The study will argue that this dependence evolves gradually, becomes intensely powerful and obsessive, and finally serves as an important factor in the moral and/or spiritual evolution of both Jane and Rochester. In addition, there is a strongly feminist edge to the morality of the book, and this feminism is in large part expressed in the complete transformation of the relationship between Rochester and Jane Eyre.
There is no doubt whatsoever that Rochester does indeed become almost entirely dependent on Jane by the end of the book. He has been blinded in the effort to save his wife in the fire, and Jane's return to him gives both of them the opportunity to ... "
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The Characters of "Othello" and "Jane Eyre" as 'Other', 2002.
Shows how William Shakespeare in "Othello" and Bronte in "Jane Eyre" reflect certain characters as disadvantaged others in their works.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 2 sources, AU$ 56.95
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Both Shakespeare's "Othello" and Bronte's "Jane Eyre" feature the theme of the treatment of the 'other - ' a theme that situates the protagonist, in both of these texts, in a disadvantaged position vis-a-vis the dominant culture. In varying ways, the characters of Othello and Jane Eyre both experience the difficulties of being different, or apart from the status quo. Othello's color sets him notably apart from those around him. For Jane Eyre, it is her low social status, at least at the novel's beginning, although Jane is doubly disadvantaged being both impoverished and female. In both cases, the protagonists are treated with contempt, as if their status of 'other' renders such behavior on part of the dominant culture acceptable. But beneath this theme of marginalization and otherness that manifests itself in both of these texts is a journey into the self: a journey that ends in tragedy for Othello, as his is a path to self-deception, but one of self-discovery and maturation for Jane Eyre.
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