Hull House
A project by Jane Addams
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• Jane Addams
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• Born September 6th, 1860 into a
wealthy family, Addams was one of a
small number of women in her
generation to graduate from college.
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• She would graduate and begin to
dedicate her life to others. Most
significantly, she spearheaded a
movement in Chicago to improve the
lives of poor, immigrant workers .
• On September 8th, 1889, she founded
Hull House in the middle of the city’s
worst neighborhood.
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• The house became a community
center or, as she put it, “ a social
settlement house.”
• It served a residential/industrial
neighborhood of predominately
Russian and Polish Jews, Italians,
Irish, and Germans.
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• Addams and her fellow activists
forged a powerful reform movement.
They lived at the House so that they
could better understand the
problems of the poor and fulfill
Addams’ mission of “neighbors
helping neighbors”.
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• From the House, the group offered
hot meals, kindergarten, and
childcare services for working
mothers as well as tutoring in
English, an employment bureau, an art
gallery, music and art classes and
social events.
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• By 1900, Hull House activities
broadened to include a cooperative
residence for working mothers, the
first little theater in America, a
labor museum, and a meeting place
for trade union groups.
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• Following the example of Addams and
her colleagues, community centers
and settlement houses opened in
other cities. Hull House became the
meeting place for like-minded
intellectuals and social reformers,
many of whom came to learn from
Addams’ work.
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• Perhaps the most prominent woman
of her time, Jane Addams epitomized
the social and political reform spirit
of Progressivism through her work,
her writing, and her international
efforts for world peace.
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Poster:
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• With the room that you have
remaining, choose 5 Hull House firsts
and list them.
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