Laura Jane Addams

She was a feminist, an anti-war activist, and a philanthropist. She

was partly the reason why the Juvenile Court of Chicago was opened
and was the reason why children in Illinois were banned from the
workplace. She was the co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931 and
she did much to change the lives of the immigrants in Illinois for the
better. She is Jane Addams, born Laura Jane Addams in 1860, who is
probably best known for her work as a social reformer. Addams
deserves to be commemorated and honored for all that shes done, and I
think we can do that by nominating her into our Industrial Hall of
Fame!
Jane Addams should be inducted into our Industrial Hall of Fame
because she made many changes in Illinois, U.S.A. during the Industrial
Revolution. She greatly cared about the living conditions of immigrants
and wanted to do something about it, so she did. According to Jane
Addams Text B, in 1889, along with her friend Ellen Gates Starr, they

rented a mansion thats known as Hull-House. It was named for its

previous owner Charles Hull. Hull-House was a place where parents
could leave their children at while they went to work, people could
socialize, and where the sick could be nursed. In addition, it provided an
education for people and people could get at least one free meal there.
This meant that the Hull House was probably a very welcoming addition
to the immigrants lives. Hull-House, as Nobelprize.org says, began
hosting two thousand people per week in its second year, showing us
that it grew popular really fast and from this we can infer that Hull
House was probably very popular with the immigrants. The Hull House
is just one example of many. According to Five College Archives &
Manuscript Collections, Through her work at Hull House, Addams
became heavily involved with civic affairs of Chicago and was a leader
in the social reform movement. She fought for legislation regarding
housing, sanitation, factory inspection, and immigrant rights. She also
successfully campaigned for child labor laws and other protective
legislation. This tells us that Jane Addams, in addition to working at the
Hull House, also fought for immigrants and childrens rights. Also, the

creation of Hull-House inspired others to make buildings similar to it all

over the U.S. Who knew one structure would cause such a big (drag
out) change in the lives of immigrants? This shows us that Jane Addams
deserves to be nominated into our Industrial Hall of Fame because she
did much to improve the lives of immigrants during the Industrial
Revolution (say it like you believe it!).
In conclusion, I would like to restate my claim that Jane Addams
should be nominated into our Industrial Hall of Fame. Her every action
showed that she cared for the rights of the immigrants. She showed a lot
of passion for what she was doing and she was able to accomplish most
of her goals because she worked hard to achieve them and refused to
give up. Jane Addams proves to us that one person can do many things
to improve others lifestyles. Because of her kindness, passion, and
loyalty to what she was doing, I strongly believe that Jane Addams
deserves the honor of being inducted into the Industrial Hall of Fame!