Jane Addams was an influential feminist woman whose passion was to work to defend the rights of immigrants especially the most vulnerable population, women. Throughout history, the role of women in our society has changed over time. It could be said that many women fought to be leaders and above all to be respected in a society where men were always very dominant. Despite this unfair prejudice of gender inequality, Addams dedicated her time, effort, and work to these women who were brave and immigrated to a country that was different from their culture. These women came to the United States from different parts of the world like Denmark, Italy, and Israel.
Addams left an important legacy in order to change society with new reforms, in which women must be committed to change their traditional mentality. Her legacy was her believe that women should have the right to vote because they had opinions that matter and needed to be heard instead of being ignored. These women were not only wives or mothers, but they had the ability to make decisions based on their knowledge and found solutions. This means that women could provide many contributions that many working men ignored. These working men were not aware of what happened in
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She did it because they did not understand and agree with her radical ideas of improvement. In the case of most of these women, they grew in conservative households where women had few roles. Basically, their roles were to devote their time to taking care of their houses, caring for their family, and feeding their children. As a part of their busy roles, they did not include caring themselves, studying, or having fun. It was true! That style of life was passed from generation to generation, and it was beneficial to some families. However, the most affected were women, they limited themselves to being independent and