Twenty Years at Hull House

Twenty Years at Hull House

Jane Addams Hayes Barton Press ISBN: L-999-70734
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Hull House, the first social settlement in the United States, was modeled after the university settlement of Toynbee Hall in the East End of London. Jane Addams and Ellen Starr founded a similar project to serve the poor, Hull House, on Halsted Street in Chicago. Jane Addams helped pioneer the social work profession, campaigned against the sweatshops, for trade unions, and for improved working conditions. Hull House played in important role in educating working-class children and women. Addams received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931 for her international efforts to end World War I and to establish a peace that would avoid war in the future.

Table of Contents

  • DEDICATION
  • PREFACE
  • CHAPTER I EARLIEST IMPRESSIONS
  • CHAPTER II INFLUENCE OF LINCOLN
  • CHAPTER III BOARDING-SCHOOL IDEALS
  • CHAPTER IV THE SNARE OF PREPARATION
  • CHAPTER V FIRST DAYS AT HULL-HOUSE
  • CHAPTER VI SUBJECTIVE NECESSITY FOR SOCIAL SETTLEMENTS
  • CHAPTER VII SOME EARLY UNDERTAKINGS AT HULL-HOUSE
  • CHAPTER VIII PROBLEMS OF POVERTY
  • CHAPTER IX A DECADE OF ECONOMIC DISCUSSION
  • CHAPTER X PIONEER LABOR LEGISLATION IN ILLINOIS
  • CHAPTER XI IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR CHILDREN
  • CHAPTER XII TOLSTOYISM
  • CHAPTER XIII PUBLIC ACTIVITIES AND INVESTIGATIONS
  • CHAPTER XIV CIVIC COOPERATION
  • CHAPTER XV THE VALUE OF SOCIAL CLUBS
  • CHAPTER XVI ARTS AT HULL-HOUSE
  • CHAPTER XVII ECHOES OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
  • CHAPTER XVIII SOCIALIZED EDUCATION

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