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Transcript of Professor Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn Monday December 19, 2011.
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