I am not one of those who believe - broadly speaking - that women are better than men. We have not wrecked railroads, nor corrupted legislatures, nor done many unholy things that men have done; but then we must remember that we have not had the chance.
-Jane Addams
Jane Addams is probably most well known for her influence in the settlement movement. She founded the Hull-House in Chicago. This was one of many settlement houses that provided a place to stay, classes, health care and other social services. Addams also did many things to contribute to the suffrage movement as well as being the woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Addams was the first vice president of the National American Women Suffrage Association. The NAWSA was an organization founded in 1890 to gain voting rights for women. Women like Jane Addams paved the way for social reform that changed the way women were viewed in society.
