Jane Addams showed how the seeds of social change can be planted at the local level even as the wealthy gain power and economic inequality grows.

Jane Addams House (most often referred to as "JA,") is located along Tempel Green. JA is connected to Freeman House, and is also the home of JA Dining Hall (see below). Students of all genders and ...

The hotel is named after Jane Addams, a Chicago activist and one of the founders of Hull House which opened in 1889. The hotel is named after Jane Addams, a Chicago activist and one of the ...

A collection of Art Deco sculptures were returned to their original home at the old Jane Addams public housing complex on Taylor Street, but it didn't go as planned. SEE ALSO: Chicago Bears ...

Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr opened Hull House in 1889. The famous Chicago settlement house served European immigrants living in surrounding neighborhoods — all of them in poverty.

Community-based learning has a rich tradition of theory, scholarship, and activism. A notable early example was Jane Addams and her work at Hull House at the turn of the century. She worked with ...