珍亞當斯的傑出成就

1880年代時，珍亞當斯到歐洲旅行 。當她到達倫敦時，她造訪了一棟名為湯恩比大廈 (Toynbee Hall) 的殖民住宅 。殖民住宅是建來提供社區服務用的，宗旨在於減輕城市問題，如貧窮；受到湯恩比大廈的啟發，亞當斯及她的朋友斯塔爾 (Ellen Gates Starr) 於1889年，在芝加哥的貧民窟附近興建了赫爾大廈 。許多住在那兒的人都是來自於義大利、俄羅斯、波蘭、 德國、愛爾蘭及希臘外國移民。對這些勞工窮人而言，, 赫爾大廈提供外出工作的母親一個日間托兒所、一間社區廚房及探訪護士。亞當斯及她手下的工作人員會開班授課，課程內容包括英文讀寫、美術及其他科目。另外，赫爾大廈也成為俱樂部及工會開會的聚集場所 。大部分跟亞當斯一起在赫爾大廈工作的人都是受過良好教育的中產階級婦女。赫爾大廈讓她們有機會應用她們的教育知識，而且它也提供了社會工作的訓練平台；您認為珍亞當斯還會在那些方面幫助人們？

In the 1880s Jane Addams traveled to Europe. While she was in London, she visited a settlement house called Toynbee Hall. Settlement houses were created to provide community services to ease urban problems such as poverty. Inspired by Toynbee Hall, Addams and her friend, Ellen Gates Starr, opened Hull House in a neighborhood of slums in Chicago in 1889. Many who lived there were immigrants from countries such as Italy, Russia, Poland, Germany, Ireland, and Greece. For these working poor, Hull House provided a day care center for children of working mothers, a community kitchen, and visiting nurses. Addams and her staff gave classes in English literacy, art, and other subjects. Hull House also became a meeting place for clubs and labor unions. Most of the people who worked with Addams in Hull House were well educated, middle-class women. Hull House gave them an opportunity to use their education and it provided a training ground for careers in social work. How else do you think Jane Addams helped people?

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