A new exhibit at the museum, “Act Well Your Part,” documents the institution's pivotal role in developing Chicago's community ...

Hull House is the most famous "settlement house" in American history. Jane Addams and her fellow residents were among the most important pioneers of empirical social science in the service of ...

The settlement house movement emerged at that time ... was started by reformer Jane Addams. Settlement houses quickly established themselves as much more than simply a place to find social ...

In 1911, a team of three women with “lesbian-like” relationships – Jane Addams, Sophonisba Breckinridge and Anna Howard Shaw ...