Jane Addams (September 6, 1860 – May 21, 1935), known as the "mother" of Social Work, was a pionee...
If the meanest man in the republic is deprived of his rights,then every man in the republic is deprived of his rights. Jane Addams
If the meanest man in the republic is deprived of his rights,then every man in the republic is deprived of his rights.
Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world. Jane Addams
Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.
Social advance depends as much upon the process through which it is secured as upon the result itself. Jane Addams
Social advance depends as much upon the process through which it is secured as upon the result itself.
Perhaps nothing is so fraught with significance as the human hand. Jane Addams
Perhaps nothing is so fraught with significance as the human hand.
Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics. Jane Addams
Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics.
We forget that the accumulation of knowledge and the holding of convictions must finally result in the application of that knowledge and those convictions to life itself. Jane Addams
We forget that the accumulation of knowledge and the holding of convictions must finally result in the application of that knowledge and those convictions to life itself.
Old-fashioned ways which no longer apply to changed conditions are a snare in which the feet of women have always become readily entangled. Jane Addams
Old-fashioned ways which no longer apply to changed conditions are a snare in which the feet of women have always become readily entangled.
If the Settlement seeks its expression through social activity, it must learn the difference between mere social unrest and spiritual impulse. Jane Addams
If the Settlement seeks its expression through social activity, it must learn the difference between mere social unrest and spiritual impulse.
The essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of myself. Jane Addams
The essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of myself.
The things that make us alike are stronger and finer than the things that make us different. Jane Addams
The things that make us alike are stronger and finer than the things that make us different.
A very little familiarity with the poor districts of any city is sufficient to show how primitive and genuine are the neighborly relations. Jane Addams
A very little familiarity with the poor districts of any city is sufficient to show how primitive and genuine are the neighborly relations.
Even death itself sometimes fails to bring the dignity and serenity which one would fain associate with old age. Jane Addams
Even death itself sometimes fails to bring the dignity and serenity which one would fain associate with old age.
