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Jane Addams was a woman whose life was dedicated to helping others. Through her hard work and kind heart, Jane Addams dared to go where no woman had gone before. ... Jane Addams won worldwide recognition as a pioneer social worker in America, as a feminist, and as an internationalist. ... asp)
Jane Addams was born in Cedarville, Illinois, on September 6, 1860, and was the eighth of nine children. ... Jane was very close to her father, and admired him very much.
Jane, or “Jenny”, as she was called as a child, had a lot of inspiration in her life, but not a lot of self-confidence. Jane was born with a congenital spinal defect, which left her with physical restrictions that made her feel very self-conscience and even freakish at times.
Despite her physical disadvantages, Jane was always a very involved in school, and a good student. During her time in high school, Jane acquired an accumulative GPA of 9. ...
In 1881, Jane Addams graduated from college at the Rockford Female Seminary, again the valedictorian, but was granted the bachelors degree only after the school became accredited the next year as Rockford College for Women. Jane Addams believed her mission in life was to help others, and began to pursue work in the medical field. Against her parents’ wishes for her to get married and start a family, like most women of her time, Jane went away to medical school. Unfortunately, due to poor health, Jane was forced to leave her medical studies and eventually had to be hospitalized intermittently (Polikoff, 35).
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