Professor Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn
Monday December 19, 2011
Married John Huey Addams in
1844 in Pennsylvania
Moved to Illinois
Gave birth to 8 children (4
survived to adulthood)
Jane was the youngest
Sarah died during her ninth
pregnancy in 1862
Married Sarah Weber in 1844
Successful businessman (mill
owner, railroad executive, bank
president)
Helped found Illinois Republican
Party
Illinois State Senator, 1854-1870
Known for his integrity
Friend & supporter of Abraham
Lincoln
Married Anna Haldeman in 1868
Died of appendicitis in 1881
Left Jane $50,000 (over $1 million
today)
Graduated from Rockford
Female Seminary in 1881
After her father’s death, she
attended the Women’s
Medical College in
Philadelphia
Dropped out for health
reasons
Was baptized a Christian in
1886
Travelled to Europe in the
1880s
First settlement house in
the U.S., founded in 1889
Built by John Hull at 800
South Halsted Street
Jane Addams paid for
much of the capital
expenses and operating
costs
Many wealthy women
became longtime donors
Became a 13 building
complex with playground
and summer camp
“Aid in the solutions of life in a great city, to help our
neighbors build responsible, self-sufficient lives for
themselves and their families.”
“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.”
Teach by example
Practice cooperation
Practice social democracy
night school for
adults
kindergarten classes
clubs for older
children
a public kitchen
an art gallery
a coffeehouse
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a gym
a girls' club
a bathhouse
a book bindery
a music school
a drama group
a library
Hull House became a world center for social
reform activity
Became involved in city-wide and state-wide
campaigns for:
better housing
improvements in public welfare
stricter child-labor laws
protection of working women
Addams helped found the Progressive Party
Backed Theodore Roosevelt for President in 1912
Addams was criticized for her pacifist views
In 1915 was elected president of the Women’s
International League of Freedom and Peace
Spoke and wrote on behalf of the League of
Nations
Was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931, the
first U.S. woman to be honored
influenced legislation on child labor laws, occupational safety and health
provisions, compulsory education, immigrant rights, and pension laws
Chicago’s first public playground, bathhouse, and public gymnasium
investigated housing, working, and sanitation issues
the first juvenile court in the United States
influence on urban planning and the transition to a branch library system
champion of national child labor laws, women’s suffrage, children’s bureau,
unemployment compensation, workers' compensation, and other reforms
Charter member of the NAACP, early founder/supporter of the ACLU
Pacifist movement and support of League of Nations
Over 5,000 settlement houses nationally by 1920
Hull House was moved in 1963 to make way for the Chicago
campus of the University of Illinois
The Hull House Museum was relocated on campus
http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/hull_house.html
Designated a U.S. Historic landmark in 1965
Photograph by Wallace Kirkland
http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/hull_house.html
http://www.hullhouse.org/aboutus/history.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Addams
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