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MAKING A DIFFERENCE

Jane Addams

Books

Hull House

Biography

Nobel

Addams died in 1935 in Ilinois (The USA) because she had cancer.

Jane Addams:

Jane Addams was born in Ilinois (The USA) in 1860. She was a social worker, pacifist, writer and sociologist. When she was a child she had a dream: to do something valuable in the world. She is probably best known as a co-founder of Hull House in Chicago, one of the first social settlements in North America.

Her most famous books are:

  • Twenty Years at Hull House (1910)
  • Democracy and Social Ethics (1902)
  • The Spirit of Youth and City Streets (1909)
  • Why Women Should Vote (1910)
Hull House

In 1887 Jane read an article about creating a social settlement. So she decided to visit the first settlement in the world, which was in London. In 1989, she co-founded Hull House with her friend Ellen Gates Starr. It was the first social settlement in the United States. It was also a centre where poor people received training and social benefits. Furthermore, it was used as a sociological institution for women.