Professor Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn

Monday December 19, 2011

Married John Huey Addams in 1844 in Pennsylvania

Moved to IllinoisGave birth to 8 children (4

survived to adulthood)Jane was the youngestSarah died during her

ninth pregnancy in 1862

Married Sarah Weber in 1844

Successful businessman (mill owner, railroad executive, bank president)

Helped found Illinois Republican Party

Illinois State Senator, 1854-1870

Known for his integrityFriend & supporter of

Abraham LincolnMarried Anna Haldeman in

1868Died of appendicitis in 1881Left Jane $50,000 (over $1

million today)

Graduated from Rockford Female Seminary in 1881

After her father’s death, she attended the Women’s Medical College in Philadelphia

Dropped out for health reasons

Was baptized a Christian in 1886

Travelled to Europe in the 1880s

First settlement house in the U.S., founded in 1889

Built by John Hull at 800 South Halsted Street

Jane Addams paid for much of the capital expenses and operating costs

Many wealthy women became longtime donors

Became a 13 building complex with playground and summer camp

“Aid in the solutions of life in a great city, to help our neighbors build responsible, self-sufficient lives for themselves and their families.”

“To provide a center for a higher civic and social life; to institute and maintain educational and philanthropic enterprises, and to investigate and improve the conditions in the industrial districts of Chicago.”

Teach by example Practice cooperation Practice social democracy

night school for adults

kindergarten classes

clubs for older children

a public kitchenan art gallerya coffeehouse

• a gym• a girls' club• a bathhouse• a book bindery• a music school• a drama group• a library

Hull House became a world center for social reform activity

Became involved in city-wide and state-wide campaigns for: better housingimprovements in public welfarestricter child-labor lawsprotection of working women

Addams helped found the Progressive PartyBacked Theodore Roosevelt for President in

1912

Addams was criticized for her pacifist views

In 1915 was elected president of the Women’s International League of Freedom and Peace

Spoke and wrote on behalf of the League of Nations

Was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931, the first U.S. woman to be honored

influenced legislation on child labor laws, occupational safety and health

provisions, compulsory education, immigrant rights, and pension laws

Chicago’s first public playground, bathhouse, and public gymnasium

investigated housing, working, and sanitation issues

the first juvenile court in the United States

influence on urban planning and the transition to a branch library system

champion of national child labor laws, women’s suffrage, children’s bureau,

unemployment compensation, workers' compensation, and other reforms

Charter member of the NAACP, early founder/supporter of the ACLU

Pacifist movement and support of League of Nations

Over 5,000 settlement houses nationally by 1920

Hull House was moved in 1963 to make way for the Chicago campus of the University of Illinois

The Hull House Museum was relocated on campushttp://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/hull_house.htmlDesignated a U.S. Historic landmark in 1965

Photograph by Wallace Kirkland

http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/hull_house.htmlhttp://www.hullhouse.org/aboutus/history.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Addams