Settlement+Houses

 1. Jane Addams was born on September 6, 1850 in Cedarville, Illinois. In 1881 she graduated from the Rockford Female Seminary as valedictorian. Addams traveled for almost two years in Europe where she visited a settlement house in London. After seeing the settlement house it helped her idea of creating one in Chicago. Addams and her friend, Ellen Starr, co-found the Hull settlement house built by Charles Hull in Chicago. They raised money and helped the underprivileged people of the area. They helped take care of children, the sick, and helped counsel the older women who stayed there. The Hull House was very successful and held about 2,000 people a week. In 1905 Addams was appointed to Chicago's board of education and was made chairman of the School Management Company. She helped the city with many problems like, midwifery, sanitation, and milk supplies. In 1910 she was awarded the first honoree degree to a woman by Yale University. In 1915 she was appointed head of the Women's Peace Party. In 1931 she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Finally in 1935 she died of cancer and the service was held in the Hull House.   http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1931/addams-bio.html   

Jane Addams along with Ellen Starr established the first and nation’s most influential settlement house in Chicago. The Hull House was in a old abandoned mansion that the two women rented for $60 a month. The settlement house attracted more and more people around the neighborhood each week. As a result of this, the mansion was expanded in 13 building complexes that stretched out over a city block. In these buildings included: gymnasium, theater, art classes, music school, boys' club, auditorium, cafeteria, cooperative residence for working women, kindergarten, nursery, libraries, post office, meeting and club rooms, art studios, kitchen, and a dining room and apartments for the residential staff. For two decades, this attracted mostly women with children. The Hull House was a success under the Jane Addams until her death. Today, the settlement house continues under the name of Jane Addams Hull House Association, which is an umbrella organization composed of many social service center around the city.



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