Settlement+Houses

=__ Jane Addams __= Jane Addams was born on September 9th 1860 in Cedarville Illinois. Her mother died when she was two years old and later her father remarried. Jane is the founder of the settlement house movement, her friend Ellen starr founded the hull house in the slums of Chicago in 1899. When horrible working conditions led to the Haymarket riot, Jane was attacked for her support of the workers. This resulted in a great loss of donor support for Hull House. She began funding Hull House with revenue from lecture tours and article writing. Her biggest success in writing came with the release of the book, Twenty years at Hull House. Jane was the first American woman to receive the Noble peace prize. Jane Adams died on May 21, 1939 in Chicago



The Hull House is a nice place to come its open to all people, we have a nursery, clubs, and all sorts of classes such as sewing, cooking, and even have some college courses.

__ Hull ____ House __ It was the house of Jane Adams it was used to service their community to help the people lead good lives. They wanted them to lead good responsible lives. At first they were looking for a place where women could get together then women with children turned into a problem so they decided to turn it into a nursery. Then after this they turned it in to a boys club and a place for college classes. They also taught young women how to sew and cook. It was also home to many other things. And under Jane Addams it was know as the best known settlement house in the U.S.

Ryan Donohue, Mike Young