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Twenty Years at Hull-House

by Jane Addams
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Originally published in 1910. A history of the first twenty years of Hull-House, a settlement house in Chicago. Also includes autobiographical notes by the author, Jane Addams, who co-founded Hull-House with Ellen Gates Starr. Contents: Earliest impressions -- Influence of Lincoln -- Boarding-school ideas -- Snare of preparation -- First days at Hull-House -- 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 -- Value of social clubs -- Arts at Hull-House -- Echoes of the Russian Revolution -- Socialized education. Cover photo of the grounds of Hull House by Chicago Daily News [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons found at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Children_standing_in_a_line_on_a_retaining_wall_on_the_grounds_of_Hull_House.jpg

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  • Lexile® Measure:1650
  • Text Difficulty:12