Classes Offered at Hull-House


Title Introduction The Making of Jane Addams Her Childhood College and Her 20's Hull-House Opening Growing Hull-House Firsts Classes Offered at Hull-House Hull-House Maps and Papers: Sociology in the Settlement Living at Hull-House A Community of Women Jane and Ellen and Mary Being Saint Jane The Legacy of Hull-House Conclusion Appendices Chronology of Jane Addams’s Life Bibliography Additional Resources Jane Addams’s Work Online Sites About Jane Addams’s Legacy	The following classes were offered at Hull-House during the month of January, 1895. Arithmetic Beginning Latin Chemistry Cloak Makers' Union (women) Club Lectures Dancing Class English and Letter Writing Geometry Gymnastics (men) Gymnastics (women) Italian Class Italian Reception Italo-American Club Jolly Boys' Club Mandolin Club Parliamentary Law Physics Singing Social Science Club Young Citizens⁶⁹ At first the settlements were largely committed to education, which is the traditional American approach to every problem, probably because we all instinctively realize that our public-school system is our proudest contribution to popular government. From the very beginning, however, the educational process was mutual; Greek plays were given by Greek immigrants, already familiar with their own classics ...; reading parties in Dante were led by a local Italian editor...⁷⁰

	69. "Jane Addams.” Celebrating Women’s History Month. http://www.gale.com/freresrc/womenhst/bio/addamsj.htm (online 15 May 2001). 70. Addams, Jane. “The Process of Social Transformation.” A Century of Progress. Beard, Charles Austin, ed. New York, London: Harper & Brothers, 1933. p. 241.