In Europe Jane visited many places, including Ireland, Scotland, and different cities in England. Her doctor thought a trip to Europe would help her recover, therefore in August 1882 Jane went to Europe for a vacation. This brace helped Jane so she was not in pain all the time.

After Jane recovered from her illness, she still had to wear a tight brace to stop the strain on her back. Jane ended up having to stay in bed, strapped to a board, for six months so her back could heal. Jane went to Philadelphia to go to medical school and because she worked so hard, she became ill and a pain in her back, from her childhood returned. After Jane graduated from Rockford, she decided she wanted to be a doctor and work among the poor. Jane enjoyed having fun but was also of a serious nature. She received the highest grades out of every member in her class. Jane went to Rockford for four years and was an excellent student. It was there at Rockford that Jane decided she wanted to be a missionary in the United States to help the poor. Jane had the opportunity to go to Rockford Female Seminary at the age of seventeen. While Jane was a young girl, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. That same year the telegraph lines reached coast to coast. One year later the War between the North and the South started. Jane Addams was born on September 6, 1860, in Cedarville, Illinois. Jane wanted to do this so she could make a difference in the lives of people who lived there. That day Jane decided that she wanted to live in a large house in the middle of an awful place as she had seen. One day she saw a part of town that was run down and she could hardly believe that people could live in such 'horrid little houses. Even as a young girl Jane wanted to know why all people did not live in nice homes with yards like her own. Jane's father helped shape her to become more charitable to others less fortunate. Everywhere she went, Jane had a desire to help people less fortunate than herself. Jane had a very compassionate heart from the time she was a young girl.

Jane Addams founded Hull House in 1889, along with her friend Ellen Starr.

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