Motivations...

In the early 1900's, activist Jane Addams established a settlement house in the slums of inner-city Chicago.  This was originally an idea that was based in England, but Addams Americanized the settlement house idea and established it in an urban setting in a large metropolitan city. This was a place for the poor to go for refuge. This gave great opportunities to those who were less fortunate. "Twenty Years at the Hull House" is a story (almost autobiographical) that shows and demonstrates her philosophy (maybe motivated by religion?) and how it makes a great social change for the better.

From reading "Twenty Years", it was mentioned that she was a Quaker. These religious views could be the foundation for a giving personality and a good heart. These morals or values could have been instilled into her at a young age and then carried out and put into action later in her life as something non-religious. But if she did not have Quakerism in her younger years, she could have been someone else and done something completely different with her life. Her "religious-based philosophy" is the motivation for helping the less fortunate and establishing the Hull House

Her accomplishments could be characterized or categorized as "philosophical", but I feel that her "philosophical" actions have some roots or a foundation provided by Quaker religious views.