Hull House was a settlement house in Chicago, Illinois, that was co-founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr. Located on the Near West Side of Chicago, Hull House, named after the original house's first owner Charles Jerald Hull, opened to serve recently arrived European immigrants. By 1911, Hull House had expanded to 13 buildings.

Hull House, one of the first social settlements in North America. It was founded in Chicago in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr to aid needy immigrants. It became a complex, containing a gymnasium, social and cooperative clubs, shops, housing for children, and playgrounds.

Jane Addams and Hull House were pioneers of social reform in the United States. Addams’ efforts, both through Hull House and independently, laid groundwork for women’s rights, children’s rights, workers’ rights, and education still felt today.

Hull House was a Settlement House founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr in Chicago. It served as a community center for immigrants and the urban poor, providing educational, recreational, and social services.

Hull-House expanded from one aging mansion, built by Charles J. Hull in 1856, into a 13-building complex that spanned an entire city block. Its facilities included a gymnasium, theater, art gallery, libraries, pools, classrooms, a kindergarten, and dormitories.

2010年4月16日 · Hull House founder and peace activist Jane Addams (1860‑1935) was one of the most distinguished of the first generation of college‑educated women, rejecting marriage and motherhood in favor of...

The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum at the University of Illinois at Chicago serves as a dynamic memorial to social reformer Jane Addams, America’s first woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. The museum is in two of the original settlement house buildings—the Hull Home, a National Historic Landmark, and the Residents' Dining Hall.

Hull House addressed the needs of immigrants and the urban poor by providing essential services such as education, childcare, healthcare, and job training. It created programs that helped newcomers assimilate into American society while preserving their cultural identities.

2018年12月18日 · Hull-House exists today as a social service agency, with locations around the city of Chicago. The University of Illinois at Chicago has preserved a small part of the buildings as a museum, after the University razed many of the original buildings of Hull-House.

Jane Addams and Hull House are the foundation of social reform in the United States. As a pioneer for women’s, children’s, workers’ and immigrant rights, Addams’ impact can be seen in every community more than 120 years later. And the work continues even today.