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Maisie O’MearaWorld History Honors

Early Life/InfluencesJane Addams Mother Teresa

Born September 6, 1980

Grew up in the United States

Second youngest of nine children

Had health problems that limited her ability to do much activity as a child

Had older siblings

Had a parent die when she was

young

Encouraged greatly by a parent to pursue

goalsTraveled to different countries in order to

accomplish goalsDeveloped

strong leadership

skills

Attended Rockford Female Seminary

Received bachelor’s degree

Began studying medicine

Born August 26, 1910

Grew up in Macedonia

Youngest of three children

Was a member of the youth group at her parish called Sodality

Felt a strong call from God at age 12

Knew she was going to be a missionary

Received First Communion when she was five and a half and was confirmed in November of 1916

Accomplishments/Findings/BeliefsJane Addams Mother Teresa

Wanted to help people

in need

Worked in the slums

Determined to help

Very kind and generous

Won a Nobel

Peace Prize

Created the Hull House

Became first vice president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association

Campaigned for Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Party

Wrote a few books

Appointed to Chicago’s Board of Education and made chairman of the School Management Committee

Became first woman president of the National Conference of Charities and Corrections

President of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom until 1929

Made initial vows to become a nun on May 24, 1931

Started a school for slum children

Established Missionaries of Charity

Sisters reached 4,000 members

Strong feminist Had strong Catholic beliefs

610 foundations established in 123 countries

Won the Pope John XXIII Peace Prize in 1971

Established Missionary of Charity Brothers and Fathers

Affect on History/LegacyJane Addams Mother Teresa

Very important to future

work in the slums

Encouraged others to establish foundations

like theirs

Two of the most famous female

activists/reformers

Remembered as first social worker

Helped to establish several social service centers like the Hull House in Chicago today

Remembered for helping to improve life for females

Her tomb almost immediately became a popular spot of pilgrimage and prayer for all people.

Society of missionaries that she started have spread all over the world

Became one of the most significant symbols of compassion to the world