How Did Jane Addams Create A Place For Homeless Women During The Industrial Revolution

During the Industrialization of the Industrial Revolution with progress came poverty. The upper class for example business tycoons/owners became wealthier and the people that worked for them the lower class for example most immigrants new to the country or country folk moving to the city became more in debt to poverty. Tycoons became money hungry and indulged themselves in money and became invested into that resulted in safety violations. The workers becoming in need for more money they worked longer and harder to make ends meets and took their children out of school to earn more money for the family. Just like always women helped build up the society during the Industrial Revolution for example Jane Addams she began the Hull House Movement in which she created a place for homeless women and children to stay while providing education and opportunity by creating employment bureau for them. Businesses started

With so many families in the city it was hard to find an affordable place with the low hourly wages they were making. With this one woman sought out to help these homeless mothers, and children. Jane Addams thought education and opportunity would help these people excel in life. One of the ways she provided education was that she actually started a kindergarten for some of the women’s’ children to gain some basic education. She continued educating them by giving the kids books and making them become self taught but still guided them with volunteer teachers and herself a tutor with her partner. She created day nursery for babies whose mothers were out working to help provide for them. If mothers did not have jobs she found jobs for them. She had wealthy friends where the women became maids and workers for them or she found them secretarial jobs or even factory jobs. By doing this most women created a stable living for themselves and were able to move out on their own creating a better life for