Twenty Years at Hull-House: The Life and Work of the Great Jane Addams

This eBook edition of "Twenty Years at Hull-House: The Life and Work of the Great Jane Addams" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices.Twenty Years at Hull-House is an autobiographical account of Jane Adams' Life who spent nearly fifty years, fightingfor improved living and working conditions for America's urban poor, for women's suffrage, and for international pacifism. In 1889 Jane Addams co-founded with Ellen Gates Starr Hull House, located on the Near West Side of Chicago, Illinois. It was opened to accommodate recently arrived European immigrants. Addams and Starr were the first two occupants of the house, which would later become the residence of about 25 women. At its height, Hull House was visited each week by some 2,000 people.Jane Addams (1860 – 1935), known as the "mother" of social work, was a pioneer American settlement activist, public philosopher, sociologist, protestor, author, and leader in women's suffrage and world peace. In 1931 she became the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and is recognized as the founder of the social work profession in the United States.Contents:Earliest ImpressionsInfluence of LincolnBoarding-school IdealsThe Snare of PreparationFirst Days at Hull-houseThe Subjective Necessity for Social SettlementsSome Early Undertakings at Hull-houseProblems of PovertyA Decade of Economic DiscussionPioneer Labor Legislation in IllinoisImmigrants and Their ChildrenTolstoyismPublic Activities and InvestigationsCivic CooperationThe Value of Social ClubsArts at Hull-houseEchoes of the Russian RevolutionSocialized Education