Jane Addams And The Hull House

Part I of Essay
Jane Addams was primarily the founder of the Hull House settlement home in the West Side slums of Chicago. She was a reformist and feminist that sought to better the country. Jane Addams was a woman who obtained a college education and wanted to dedicate her life to commun ....

Part II of Essay
.... civic and social life that would improve the many social problems. She and many others with the same interests as her, worked among the poor, established art classes, discussion groups, a kindergarten, a coffee house, a library, and a gymnasium. She tried to invent a place free of ethnic racism and stereotyping. In a time when Americans were beginning to feel threatened by immigrants, Hull House embraced them and showed them the true meaning of American democracy. She wanted to devise some educational enterprise that would build a bridg ....