Answer: Jane Addams Women's Intellectual Contributions to the Study of Mind and Society Students, as part of an advanced seminar, examined and wrote about the lives of these women, their intellectual contributions, and the unique impact and special problems that being female had on their careers. Did Jane Addams lay the foundation for social work as we know it today? In that light, the answer is a widely agreed upon yes. Was she the first person in history to create a system for promoting social change within a society? In that more general sense, the answer is an equally certain no.
