Question

4. Why did Jane Addams and her colleagues fight for government reforms? (point)

Answer 1

Answer:

They understood the problems were too big for volunteer organizations to address alone.

Explanation:

Jane Addams was born on September 6, 1860 and died on May 28, 1935. She was an American activist, a reformer, a social worker, sociologist, public administrator and also an author.

Jane Adams and her colleagues fought for government reforms because they knew the problem was too big for volunteer organization to fight alone.

Together with other reform groups, Addams worked towards goals that included the first juvenile court law, tenement-house regulation, an eight-hour working day for women, factory inspection, and workers' compensation. Adam was an advocate on research whose aim was to determine the causes of poverty and crime, she was a supporter of women's suffrage.