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ildren jacob riis saw ch hlty sleeping in unsig g in es and kids playin plac eys he rk disgusting all da bbery o saw murder ro als slums nd corruption in a ilies and with multiple fam im it disheartened h jacob riis thought that the u.s thought that po or living conditions w as a problem he was th inking about how he shoul d draw national attention to poor conditions in tenem ent dwellings he also thought that the government needed to improve living and working conditions he tho ught that if he informed the public then they would be enraged and do so mething about it jacob riis lectured about poverty suffering people and wrote a book called how the other half lives that shows how tenements and slums are too overcrowded the book he wrote forced the nyc governement to improve its tenements he took pictures of slums and poor tenement neighborhoods to show the government that nyc has problems talal jawed mahdi azad chowdhury fahim 8225 12/1/11

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what did the reformer see in the 1900 s government lacked interest in the urban poor with this event many private organizations took on the job to improve the lives of minortities jane addams was one of the many reformers she noticed sufferring children and adults in chicago and devoted what did the rerformer think jane addams believed that it was her duty to help the poor and the less fortunate addams strongly recognized that everyone including immigrants deserved dignity and respect what did the reformer do in her effort to improve lives of immigrants jane addams set up a settlement house with an aqauaintance ellen gates starr settlement houses were neighborhood centers that offered recreation and learning communities this particular house was known as the hull house the questionable part of her deed was why open such a place in a chicago slum the purpose of the hull house association was to teach young adults independet living skills as you can see jane addams s hull house upholded thhe vision that inorder to succeed neighbors must help neighbors most of all her creation grantedher actions reforms from great opprtunities to the less fortunate adams engaged in housing safety sanitation premises and immigrant rights she supported social reform and won the nobel peace prize addams neverending efforts to change living facilities forever improved the life of immigrants her efforts helped adapt to the changing needs of society hillary g nancy h emily 8235 december 1 2011

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what he saw marcus garvey saw discrimination against blacks he also saw the ku klux klan kkk torturing blacks in public without the police stepping in to stop them what he thought marcus garvey thought that he was the equal to any white man and that he was born to lead the black people out of segregation timothy han jason shao larry ng ms mayers 8225 what he did marcus garvey founded the universal negro improivemnt association unia and also launched the black star steam ship line to encoursge trade world wide-wide trade with blacks he also published the nergro world newspaper to promote the idea of building an independent black economy he suggested that the blacks in the usa return back to africa to build seek their roots and build racial

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what reformer saw nellie bly observed the cruel conditions faced by the mentally ill the hospitals for the impaired were dirty bugs existed where food existed and waste material was ubiquitous the food that was fed to the patients was terrible they were given hard bread and grey meat the patients bathed in cold water and were given a thin piece of cloth to wear to bed doctors and nurses were nonchalant about patients and did not show any respect to the patient s well being what nellie bly thought nellie bly thought that it was inhumane to treat someone as an inferior because of being abnormal especially because being abnormal is not a choice it s a condition that people are just born with and will have to endure regardless she pitied the mentally unstable she knew it wasn t their fault for being how they are she couldn t stand the fact that mental hospitals were taking advantage of them knowing that the patients were too impaired to realize that they deserve better the hospitals practically tortured their patients when they should be doing the exact opposite she believed that the mentally ill should be nurtured and given love just like any other individual a hospital is supposed to be a place of solace not terror what nellie bly did nellie bly did what most reformers could not do she was dedicated and sacrificed many years of her life to somehow better the lives of the mentally ill she decided on a plan she faked insanity to matriculate herself into a mental institution this way she can get the intensive experience of being an impaired patient and also receive primary evidence after undergoing her entire plan of impersonating an impaired person she wrote a news column to convey her whole experience when the public read her news column they were in awe government reform new york city officials approved additional funds to approve the treatment of the mentally ill treatment of the mentally ill improved and living conditions for the impaired was enhanced michelle tsang sharmin shaikh and guljar nahar 8235 december 1st

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what the reformer saw jane addams had seen many people living in poverty she would see many people with babies searching for food nobody would answer their pleas jane addams wanted to help these people this lead to the creation of the hull house it was a settlement house providing educational recreation and other social services she saw arts as a way of bringing people together what the reformer thought jane addams was concerned about the children she devoted her life to helping the poor and the immigrants this is why she created the famous hull house her objective at the hull house was to train young people and immigrants for future jobs and keep the children safe from harm this is why the hull house has many different activities she believed they deserved a better she thought participation in the arts was an important way for people to work together and learn about each other s culture what the reformer did jane addams devoted her life to helping the deprived this is why she commenced the construction of the hull house over time twelve buildings accompanied that one mansion and took up a while block these buildings included a theater gymnasium a music school a cafeteria and a playground they had opened up a kindergarten school an art gallery a club for teenagers cooking and sewing classes and social gatherings jane addams hull house had influenced other people to create settlements houses this had led to several settlement houses created all over the country goverment reforms she brought forth jane addams found and joined numerous national reform organizations she helped causes in child welfare women s suffrage and world peace in her own area of chicage she led investigations on narcotics consumption milk supplies and sanitary conditions even going so far as to accept the official post of garbage inspector of the ninteenth ward at an annual salary of a thousand dollars in 1910 she received the first honorary degree ever awarded to a woman by yale university alvin austin miah 8235 12/1/11

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what she saw in the women s lunatic asylum nellie bly saw terrible things she saw the awful treatment the doctors gave to the patients there patients had to live in horrible conditions including extremely cold showers undrinkable water and disgusting food some of the patients were not even mentally ill some had been ill and healed but could not leave because of the insanity experts bly s opinion on things affected her later actions when went to the mental hospital she didn t know wht to expect in the hospital she experienced the cruel conditiopns ice-cold showers meals of rancid butter and uncleaned drinking water horrified and angry nellie wrote about this in the next newspaper spreading news of the awful treatment the public became angry as well city officials finally took action putting money into improving treatment and solving the problem what she did the actions of nellie bly has affected the course of american history one famous journey she richard tang ronald tsang took was when she christopher leung traveled around 8225 the world she followed the storyline of the bonus book around the nellie bly improved the world in 80 days by jules vern traveling mental health care and made around the world meeting new people and new way tio investic trying new things in the end nellie managed undercover investigations to travel around the world in only 80 days at that gave peopole more the time this was a world record another information journey she took was when she traveld to mexico investigating the treatment of the poor nellie wrote of the terrible treatment of the ruler porifio diaz to the people she was kicked out of mexico since the leaders didnt like the newspaper reports nellie bly has done many things to help the public learn more another investigation she went undercover in was when she worked in a textile mill the girls working there were exposed to cotton-filled air that poisoned them each time thry breathed the poor lighting caused the girls s eyes to worsen this ot the public angry once thry heard bly saw many things in her lifetime that affected her opinion and those of her readers in mexico she found the unfairness found there nellie worte about her visits the suffering people under the rule of porfio diaz she thought he was cruel to the people and injust the opinions of nellie helped cause some

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marcus garvey saw racism against african americans he saw that black people weren t getting the same economic opportunties as other americans he also saw an opportunity to change this he saw a chance to let african americans be able to have a chance at economic success by encouraging black people to build their own busi nesses and communities marcus garvey once said i m the equal of any man he believed all black people should have a chance at success economically and financially he also thought he could change the black community by leading others and starting businesses of his own for example the black star steamship line kaylin samihah gabriella 8235 december 1st marcus garvey moved to the u.s.a from jamaica in 1916 at the age of 29 he became a famous and controversal black leader he had a newspaper negro world in which promoted the construction of an independent black economy he also created the black star steamship line and the negro factory corporation to encourage black world trade he was deported back to jamaica in 1922 due to his company.

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jane addams saw the dreadful conditions in which people lived in london england she was horrified with the working conditoins of children she observed many poeple at their jobs in overcrowded dirty places jane addams thought that she can improve the lives of people whp are in need she also thought that ending child labor was very important she thought about how her life would have been if she put herslef in their shoes addams made a goal to end child labor pacifist groups such as the woman s international league for peacer and freedom foudned by jane addams led the call for disarmanent in the u.s and europe hich chicago w e hull use in he hull ho ts and others th nded t king ddams fou ices to immigran ne a g and wor ja er v he livin nt to ed many s slation to improve t provid ople to wa led p e ht legi o world er actions use broug her days t ho poor h a any of ons of the tributed m rican woman to win co n nditi co e ddams er more a became the first am ted to chicago lunte vo protes 1 she p o rt years she c e in 1 9 3 ffered sup nd p ea y she o for six ea cepr iz e d was filth mens sufferage a orhoo nobel p nder the neighb hild wellfare wo tions defe cials that offi our na udiing c cases incl known as ecame to other addams b c e world pea r 11.30.11 of the poo la s victoria y 8225 angelica h daniel

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what did marcus garvey see marcus garvey saw the harsh statements about a numberous amount lynching occuring across the south these statements were published in the newspapers and are displayed in advertisements marcus garvey also saw that many cultures were looked down upon by americans and that s why the people within those cultures didn t really organize or express themselves and their culture many racists/racist organizations saw this lack of expresion and felt further inclined to carry out the unjust actions they committed against those cultures what did marcus garvey do marcus garvey did many things about this matter however his most efficient action was expressing his feelings through words marcus garvey established a new daily newspaper called the blackman when he retured from a lecture tour later in july 1932 marcus started to publish the evening newspaper the new jamaican like the national association for the advancement of colored people naacp marcus garvey campaigned against lynching what did marcus garvey think marcus garvey thought that black people should establish economic independence by building their own businesses and communities he felt that the result of this would encourage black people to be proud of their ethnicity and culture shahjada nazifa angela 8235 dec 1 2011

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what the reformer saw mary harris jones saw children and factories being harshly treated she saw the poor shivering wretches jobless and hungry all they did was walk along the frozen lake front she saw children working in mills and miners living in a town which was owned by the mining company what reformer thought mary was unhappy with what she saw she didn t support child labor and she wanted to see changes in the conditions of the factory she thought the workplace should be fair intresting facts she changed her original date of birth her whole family died by yellow fever her nickname was mother jones she was attacked by 3 thugs and she killed one and the others fleed and she was 87 years old she died at the age of 93 the reformer was a big part in the end of child labor in 1903 she led an army of children pennsylvania to president theodore roosevelt s home in new york to protest child labor they held banners saying that we want to go to school what the reformer did mary organized strikes and convinced men to stay home while their wives went and tried to influence working men to support their cause she went to strikes and fought there she fought with big businesses physically and mentally she told tales about the machine gun massacre at the tenth colony in ludlow she believed in worker s rights and she was arrested on many occasions for that remy aronov marvin luu emily lee 8225 12/1/11

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he used a detective camera to take pictures of struggling immigrants living in tenements jacob wrote a book in 1890 how the other half lives his book helped to show the poor living conditions of tenements tenements were often dark environments with few windows and poor air circulation the lighting and the air was so scarce in tenement dwellings that inhabitants were often forced to eat and to work outside fire escapes provided this opportunity neighborhoods were troubled by crimes and garbage piled the streets spreading unwanted diseases babies were left on footsteps wailing and dressed in rags children had nothing to eat but kicks and cuffs riis felt that immigrants lived unfairly and was determined to help make a change for them as he himself was once an immigrant because the immigrants lived so poorly he decided to take action how the other half lives was published in 1890 the book was seen by theodore roosevelt and the new york police commissioner roosevelt had the city police lodging houses that were featured in the book closed down riis book forced the government to improve its tenements and helped to improve the lives of many immigrants among other sanctions the law required that new buildings must be built with outward-facing windows in every room an open courtyard indoor toilets and fire safeguards jacob riis helped pass the tenement act.

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jane addams saw a settle ment house in england with her friend ellen gates star a settlement is where immigrants used to live she saw that child labor she thought child labor was a horrible idea she thought it was also unfair that kids had to be triald as adults in court also some kids didn t have a proper jeffrey zheng edgar mock russell ramsumair jane addams 8225 group 7 12/1/11 jane addams founded the hull house for kids to get the daily nutrients they need the hull house also volunteered to clean up the streets of many different cities jane addams impacted the world when she was one of the first women to recieve the noble peace prize in 1931 she also was on of the first women to graduate yale with flying colors bonus

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soohyun jung alex tang the reformer saw how badly metally ill people were cared for it was very cold in the asylum and so was the bath water which was just thrown at you the people in the asylum were not allowed to talk or move from 6 am to 8pm and they were not allowed to do anything they had no knowledge of the world around them for they had no newspapers and magazines to read nellie bly also saw how horrible the nurses treated their patients the nurses beat the patients if they were not quiet and if they didnt eat their food due to this nellie got a beating the first day she came to the mad-house she was given undrinkable pink tea prunes and dirty black bread that seemed to be dried dough that had a spider crawling around on it 8235 december 1st 2011 nellie bly pretended to be insane in order to find out the conditions in asylums she published a book ten days in a mad-house to show people how mentally ill people were treated nellie bly thought that two months in the mentally ill asylums would make any sane person insane mentally and physically the nurses at the asylums were obnoxious and mean and the doctors who determined whether or not you were insane were horrible for she found other sane people at the madhouse too nellie bly s book showed that mad-houses were horrible the government made the doctors and nurses more advanced now sane people couldn t get into mad-houses the food was much more edible and the living

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in one of his encounters with tenement buildings he saw a family of 9 with only two rooms to live in one room was about 10 feet square the other a small hall room many other tenements had many other unjust conditions there was garbage piled up on the streets near the tenements fire escapes were often blocked with kids camping out on them rooms had few or no windows scarce and dirty water with many children riis believed that every human being deserved a decent safe place to live he thought the conditions in tenements were degrading unsanitary and dangerous laws were made by the new york government that said tenements must be built better with enhanced conditions such as running clean water there were also parks and schools near the poor areas this was the result of jacob riis and other he took photographs of tenement conditions in new york city the photographs showed how poor people lived and he put them in his famous book how the other half lives the books basically describes all the horrible conditions he saw along with his photographs this shocked many new yorkers and eventually led to major reform in tenement houses shankha c rahat u nicholas m class 8235 november 29 2011

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carrie c helpe hapman c d at amen ratify the 1 t dm 9t grante ent which h d right t women th e o vote how att saw tion nc chapma ay home on elec up carrie o st sed en had t husbands dres owa wom eir ni while th when she was i day vote e only icely to e was th n sity sh e univer class stat her oman in w catt thought that women should have a voice in creating laws that would affect them catt thought that it was unfair that women couldn t vote and she also thought that she had to do something about it she thought that women needed to know about political issues and candidates e national began working for th after college she e wrote rage association sh ff american women su ers catt also ues for the newspap about women s iss rs in the one million voluntee d her got more than nthony recommende an b a movement after sus used on f the nawsa she foc to be president o omen and mpaigns gathering w a lecturing planning c ledge aining political know g ea caroline xia catherine chen maria bod 8225 12/1/11

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