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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Jane Addams was born in Cedarville on September 6, | ||||||
| 3 | 1860; she became a leading, profound voice in civic | ||||||
| 4 | responsibility, education, and legislation and a promoter of | ||||||
| 5 | peace; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Jane Addams was valedictorian of Rockford Female | ||||||
| 7 | Seminary in 1881 and received her bachelor's degree in 1882; | ||||||
| 8 | and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, In 1889, along with Miss Ellen G. Starr, Jane | ||||||
| 10 | Addams opened Hull House for the underprivileged in Chicago; | ||||||
| 11 | Hull House hosted up to 2,000 people every week and produced | ||||||
| 12 | numerous impactful programs within its walls, including an art | ||||||
| 13 | gallery, employment bureau, a boarding club for girls, and | ||||||
| 14 | other programs; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, The purpose of Hull House was to provide a center | ||||||
| 16 | for a higher civic and social life, to institute and maintain | ||||||
| 17 | educational and philanthropic enterprises, and to investigate | ||||||
| 18 | and improve the industrial districts of Chicago; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Jane Addams created significant opportunities for | ||||||
| 20 | immigrants, and, being an ardent feminist by philosophy, she | ||||||
| 21 | encouraged women to work to obtain their right to vote; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, In 1906, Jane Addams gave a course of lectures at | ||||||
| 2 | the University of Wisconsin; the following year, she published | ||||||
| 3 | these lectures under the title Newer Ideals of Peace; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Jane Addams was appointed to Chicago's Board of | ||||||
| 5 | Education in 1905 and served as chairman of the School | ||||||
| 6 | Management Committee; in 1908, she was one of the founders of | ||||||
| 7 | the Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Jane Addams broke down barriers and persevered in | ||||||
| 9 | the face of resistance; she established many milestones, | ||||||
| 10 | including being the first woman to receive an honorary degree | ||||||
| 11 | from Yale University in 1910, founding the Women's | ||||||
| 12 | International League for Peace and Freedom in 1919, and her | ||||||
| 13 | acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, In the United States of America, Jane Addams | ||||||
| 15 | worked to help the poor and to stop the use of children as | ||||||
| 16 | industrial laborers; therefore, be it
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| 17 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 18 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 19 | we recognize Jane Addams's role as a philanthropist, | ||||||
| 20 | humanitarian, sociologist and president of an international | ||||||
| 21 | organization and honor her for her efforts to promote peace; | ||||||
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| 1 | and be it further
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| 2 | RESOLVED, That we acknowledge Jane Addams as a deserving | ||||||
| 3 | daughter in the State of Illinois and therefore declare | ||||||
| 4 | September 6, 2020 as the Jane Addams Day of Service.
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