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CHICAGO (AP) – Hull House, the Chicago social services organization that Nobel Peace Prize winner Jane Addams founded in 1889 to help thousands of immigrants adjust to life in America, will ...
Founded in 1889 by Addams and Ellen Gates Starr, the Hull-House settlement served recently arrived European immigrants in a variety of ways, including many cultural clubs and creative outlets.
Jane Addams, who founded Hull House in 1889, became the first woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931. Learn more about this social work pioneer on March 23.
Olson, its director, grew up revering Jane Addams, the social reformer who co-founded the Hull-House settlement. As a student at Connecticut College, Jordan, its longtime curator, was assigned to ...
National Public Housing Museum in the former Jane Addams Homes The new museum is a remnant of its time before public housing developments turned into high-rises to help meet demand.
CHICAGO (AP) — Hull House, the Chicago social services organization that Nobel Peace Prize winner Jane Addams founded in 1889 to help thousands of immigrants adjust to life in America, ...