Role Model Worthy For The Field Of Social Work - 1632 Words

There are many interesting and role model worthy people in the field of social work and social justice in general. A few of these people include: Francis Feldman, Charles Loring Brace, Grace Abbott, and many more. All of these people are worth of talking about when thinking of the idea of my personal role model, but I find one woman to stand out more than the others. She is the woman who started many social justice movements. This woman is the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and â€Å"demonstrated the ethics and values that became the basis of the 100-year-old social work profession† (â€Å"Jane Addams†, 1998). She accomplished a lot in her life time and I can only hope to accomplish half of what she did. This woman that I am speaking about is†¦show more content†¦In 1889, the two leased the house built by Charles Hull and began one of the most important and successful things that Addams did in her lifetime. Adams and Starr â€Å"made speeches about the need s of the neighborhood, raised money, convinced young women of well-to-do families to help, took care of children, nursed the sick, listened to outpourings from troubled people† (â€Å"Jane Addams- Biographical, n.d.). This same article states that by its second year of existence, the Hull House hosted around two thousand people a week. The Hull House â€Å"consisted of eighteen national groups: Italian, Greek, Mexican, British, Scandinavian, Polish, German, Russian, Czechoslovakian, French, Lithuanian, Hungarian, Swiss, Rumanian, Yugoslavian, Belgian, Finnish and Dutch† (â€Å"Spartacus Educational†, n.d.). The people who lived there paid rent and contributed to the various activities and services that the house provided. These activities and services included things that helped them and others in the community (â€Å"About Jane Addams†, n.d.). These various programs include: an employment bureau, children’s clubs, music classes, and classes in lan guage, painting, and mathematics (â€Å"Jane Addams, 1998). The Hull House also offered a nursery, kindergarten, public kitchen, and access to public baths, a playground, an art gallery, coffee house, gym, pool, and much more (â€Å"About Jane Addams, n.d.). Aside from the Hull House Addams was a part of many other movements and established many other