Jane Addams

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.
Contents: 
Earliest Impressions 
Influence of Lincoln 
Boarding-school Ideals 
The Snare of Preparation 
First Days at Hull-house 
The Subjective Necessity for Social Settlements 
Some Early Undertakings at Hull-house 
Problems of Poverty 
A Decade of Economic Discussion 
Pioneer Labor Legislation in Illinois 
Immigrants and Their Children 
Tolstoyism
Public Activities and Investigations 
Civic Cooperation 
The Value of Social Clubs 
Arts at Hull-house 
Echoes of the Russian Revolution 
Socialized Education

Madison & Adams Press

Twenty Years at Hull-House: Life and Work of the "Mother" of Social Work, Leader in Women's Suffrage and the First American Woman to Be Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

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