While in Europe, Jane Addams and Ellen Starr visited the university settlement of Toynbee Hall which had inspired them to start a similar project in Chicago. Helen Culver agreed to rent them Hull House for $60 a month. Most of the people living in the area were recently arrived immigrants from Europ...

Conway, Jill Ker: Jane Addams Written By Herself: Vintage Books:1992:672 Growing up without a mother and having a very prosperous father is quite a combination. Jane Addams had to deal with that, served her life and made the best of it. Addams did what she loved. Starting and having very muc...

Conway, Jill Ker: Jane Addams Written By Herself: Vintage Books:1992:672 Growing up without a mother and having a very prosperous father is quite a combination. Jane Addams had to deal with that, served her life and made the best of it. Addams did what she loved. Starting and having very muc...

JANE ADDAMS Jane Addams was born in Cedarville, Illinois on September 6, 1860. She grew up in Cedarville, but later moved to Chicago where she died on May 21, 1935 of cancer. Being a woman, she made up about fifty percent of the population. Addams was very well known. Addams was quoted by Presid...

Jane Addams · Journeyed to Europe and the sight of large numbers of poor people in London's East End made a lasting impression on her. When she returned, she searched for a new way to be useful. · Hull House, Chicago 1889 · Social Settlement houses to help immigrants wi...