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Hull House was a settlement house in Chicago, Illinois, that was co-founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr. Located on the Near West Side of Chicago, Hull House, named after the original house's first owner Charles Jerald Hull, opened to serve recently arrived European immigrants.
Hull House, one of the first social settlements in North America. It was founded in Chicago in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr to aid needy immigrants. It became a complex, containing a gymnasium, social and cooperative clubs, shops, housing for children, and playgrounds.
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Learn about Jane Addams, the founder of Hull House, a pioneer of social reform in the United States. Discover how Hull House offered education, opportunity and community to immigrants and neighbors in Chicago.
Learn about Jane Addams, the first American woman Nobel Peace Prize winner, and her colleagues who founded Hull-House, a social settlement in Chicago. Explore the historic buildings, exhibits, and programs that connect the past and present social issues.
- Jane Addams: Early Life & Education. Jane Addams was born in Cedarville, Illinois on September 6, 1860 to Sarah Adams (Weber) and John Huy Adams. She was the eighth of nine children and was born with a spinal defect that hampered her early physical growth before it was rectified by surgery.
- Jane Addams and Hull House. In 1889, Addams and Starr leased the home of Charles Hull in Chicago. The two moved in and began their work of setting up Hull-House with the following mission: “to provide a center for a higher civic and social life; to institute and maintain educational and philanthropic enterprises and to investigate and improve the conditions in the industrial districts of Chicago.”
- Jane Addams Political Life. Having quickly found that the needs of the neighborhood could not be met unless city and state laws were reformed, Addams challenged both boss rule in the immigrant neighborhood of Hull-House and indifference to the needs of the poor in the state legislature.
- Jane Addams Anti-War Views. Because Addams was convinced that war sapped the reform impulse, encouraged political repression and benefited only munitions makers, she opposed World War I. She unsuccessfully tried to persuade President Woodrow Wilson to call a conference to mediate a negotiated end to hostilities.
Learn about Hull-House, founded by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr in 1889, and its social services and reforms for the working-class immigrants in Chicago. Explore its history, significance, and sources from the National Park Service.
Addams co-founded Hull House, one of America's most famous settlement houses, in Chicago, Illinois, providing extensive social services to poor, largely immigrant families. In 1910, Addams was awarded an honorary Master of Arts degree from Yale University, becoming the first woman to receive an honorary degree from the school. [10] .
