Jane Addams

Jane Addams was born on september 6, 1860 in cedarville, Illinois. Jane Addams co founded one of the first settlements in the united states. Addams also served as the first female president of the national conference of social work. She served as president in the womens international league for peace and freedom. She was known for being a social reformer,pacifist and feminist during the late 19th and early 20th century. She was very sick for a while and when she was done being sick with health problems she went to medical school briefly. In 1889 Addams and Starr opened one of the first settlements in both the United States and North America. Addams began serving on Chicago's Board of Education in 1905 later chairing its the School Management Committee. She then later died in 1935 in Chicago.