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Compare And Contrast W. E. B. Dubois And Jane Addams

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During the Progressive Era Jane Addams and W.E.B. Bois were very influential individuals, Addams helped improve women’s rights and those in poverty by co-finding Chicago’s Hull House while Bois helped the progression of African Americans by fighting for equal rights. Addams and Bois were among the most influential people in the Progressive Era reforms. Jane Addams is known as the mother of social work because the fought for the rights of minority groups. She was also a leader of women suffrages and she fought for world peace. She helped focus on issues that were of concern to mothers, such as the well-being and needs of children, local public health and world peace. Jane Addams pointed out the connection between the workings of government
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