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Hull House - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hull House, Chicago's first and the nation's most influential settlement house, was established by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr on the Near West Side on September 18, 1889. By 1907, the converted 1856 mansion had expanded to a massive 13-building complex covering nearly a city block.
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It has unfortunately been necessary to abandon [Page ix] the chronological order in favor of the topical, for during the early years at Hull-House, time seemed to afford a mere framework for certain lines of activity and I have found in writing this book, that after these activities have been recorded,
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A few of the women and men of Hull House, plus links to more information. Entry in the Encyclopedia of Women's History from Jone Johnson Lewis ... Hull-House was a settlement house founded by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr in 1889 in Chicago, Illinois.
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JANE ADDAMS' HULL HOUSE ... Hull House was constructed by Charles J. Hull at Halsted and Polk Streets in 1856 at a time when this was one of the most fashionable sections of the city. ... Hull House has long been known as a pioneering effort in social equality. Jane Addams and Ellen Starr Gates opened the house in 1889 to...
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A View of Jane Addams's Hull House as a Feminist Initiative ... 4. Hull-House was a woman-centered institution. Unlike the patriarchal home, it was largely governed by women, though men were certainly involved as well. Women were liberated from subservience in it. It gave women a wide range of opportunities to gain...
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