Jane Addams (September 6, 1860 – May 21, 1935), known as the "mother" of Social Work, was a pionee...
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 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.
It is dreadful the way all the comfortable, happy people stay off to themselves. Jane Addams
It is dreadful the way all the comfortable, happy people stay off to themselves.
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.
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.
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.
Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men. Jane Addams
Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men.
True peace is not merely the absence of war, it is the presence of justice. Jane Addams
True peace is not merely the absence of war, it is the presence of justice.
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.
Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics. Jane Addams
Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics.
The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life. Jane Addams
The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life.