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Uic: Ellen Gates Starr Papers
A biography of Ellen Gates Starr, a social reformer, and friend of Jane Addams. Read how they established Hull House to better the lives of immigrants in Chicago.
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: American Women: Jane Addams
See a portrait of activist Jane Addams painted by American painter, George deForest Brush, and read a brief discussion of Addams' important role as a reformer.
National Women's Hall of Fame
National Women's Hall of Fame: Jane Addams
Read this brief portrait of progressive social reformer Jane Addams. Addams was an advocate of such causes as women's suffrage, child labor reform, and settlement houses.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Roots of the Movement
Progressivism got a push from the Populist movement, a reaction to the forgettable presidents and laissez-faire government in the Gilded Age. Find a listing of authors who wrote about progressive ideas, and see what influence populism...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Women in the Gilded Age
The roles available to women increased during the urbanization of America. Find out how the women's sphere of the home expanded into the community. See what new jobs were availabe to single, middle-class women, and read about how...
Other
Jane Addams Hull House Museum: About Hull House
From the site of the Hull-House Museum, a brief history of the house and its founders, Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr.
Other
American National Biography: Jane Addams
This site provides extensive information about the life of social reformer and peace activist Jane Addams. Content includes information on her involvement with Hull House and much more.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Jane Addams
The information here explores the role of Jane Addams in the social reform movement.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Jane Addams
Encyclopedia Britannica provides a biography of Jane Addams (1860-1935), social reformer and founder of Hull House. She advocated juvenile-court law, tenement house regulation, 8-hour work day for women and labor rights.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1890 1945: The Age of Empire: The Progressive Era
The Progressive Era from the 1890s to the 1920s evolved as a response to the negative effects of industrialization. Reforms that emerged provided protections for workers and consumers and gave women voting rights. Backlash against the...
University of Oregon
Us Political Thought: View of Jane Addams' Hull House as a Feminist Initiative
Interesting notes on Jane Addams' life, philosophy on Hull House, and social work.
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Five College Archives and Manuscript Collections: Ellen Gates Starr
Read this interesting biography of Ellen Gates Starr, friend of Jane Addams and co-founder of Hull House.
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: Settlement Houses in the Progressive Era
The sources in this primary set document the establishment of settlement houses. Includes teaching guide.
PBS
Pbs American Experience: Jane Addams (1860 1935)
Summary of the life of Jane Addams, a pacifist and an internationalist who helped to found the Woman's International League for Peace and Freedom in 1919.
Smithsonian Institution
National Postal Museum: Famous Americans: Jane Addams
Learn brief information on Jane Addams, famous American leader of social reform, who was featured on the ten cent postage stamp.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Jane Addams
This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about Jane Addams.
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Weebly: Muckraker Multi Media: Political Cartoons
Five political cartoons that deal with uncovering unjust activities in various corporations by Upton Sinclair, Ida Tarbell, Jane Addams, Samuel Hopkins Adams, and John Spargo.
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University of Wisconsin: Jane Addams Book Award
The Jane Addams Book Award Website provides a list of children's books that most effectively promotes the cause of peace, social justice and world community.
Curated OER
Jane Addams, 1907
An excerpt from Jane Addams' autobiography "Twenty Years at Hull House" that describes how Abraham Lincoln inspired her urban reform efforts.