WOMEN EDUCATION REFORMERS – JANE ADDAMS 1
Women Education Reformers – Jane Addams: The Equality of Education for
All
Cyssandra Chapman
EDUC 703
School of Education, Liberty
University February 20, 2021
Author Note
Cyssandra I. Chapman
Portions of this paper have been used in EDUC 703, Liberty University, Annotated
Bibliography - Lynchburg, Women Education Reformers: The Equality of Education for All,
Virginia, United States. I have no known conflict of interest to disclose.
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Cyssandra I. Chapman
Email: cchapman30@liberty.edu
WOMEN EDUCATION REFORMERS – JANE ADDAMS 2
Abstract
Susan B. Anthony, Jane Addams, and Harriet Tubman were a few of the recognizable
women’s voices that were heard in various reform movements in the nineteenth century.
Change in the societal roles and treatment of women, children, slaves, freedmen, and persons
who were illiterate, disabled, poor, or incarcerated were brought about by these women and
their relentless pursuit of equality for all people. Chapman (2021) stated there has been a great
deal written on Jane Addams’ role in founding the American settlement house movement, her
influence on theory, and catalyzing progressive-era social reforms, though the significant
historical role by Addams as a community literacy pedagogue has often gone unrecognized
(p.4).
