I feel for today’s graduates. They are coming of age at a time of massive instability, a set of tectonic changes that are no doubt contributing to the mental health crisis facing many young adults.
Jane Addams is a model many might relate to and follow.
As a young woman, Addams also experienced a mental health crisis, a condition that doctors at the time referred to as “neurasthenia.” Perhaps it had something to do with the great social changes taking place all around her in late 19th century America.
