Hull House
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The best known was Hull House in Chicago, co-founded by social reformer Jane Addams.
From Washington Post
He was a gofer, a 14-year-old kid working backstage in a play that I was doing at Hull House, which was the beginning of the theater movement in Chicago.
From Washington Post
In 1889, Jane Addams founded Hull House in Chicago, a social settlement for young, unmarried women and immigrants who needed a safe home and a sense of community.
From The Guardian
Addams founded Hull House in 1889, and over time, the organization compiled a variety of services to aid the working-class immigrants who were its neighbors: kindergarten and day care facilities, an art gallery, libraries, art classes, and an employment bureau, among others.
From Slate
Jane Addams, founder of Hull House in Chicago, is perhaps the most representative of this approach.
From Slate
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