Hull-House Firsts


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	First Social Settlement in Chicago First Social Settlement with men and women residents Established first public baths in Chicago Established first public playground in Chicago Established first gymnasium for the public in Chicago Established first little theater in the United States Established first citizenship preparation classes Established first public kitchen in Chicago Established first college extension courses in Chicago Established first group work school Established first painting loan program in Chicago Established first free art exhibits in Chicago Established first fresh air school in Chicago Established first public swimming pool in Chicago Established first boy scout troop in Chicago Investigations for the first time in Chicago of: truancy sanitation typhoid fever tuberculosis distribution of cocaine midwifery children's reading infant mortality newsboys social value of the saloon Investigations that led to creation and enactment of first factory laws in Illinois Investigations that led to creation of the first model tenement code First Illinois Factory Inspector, a Hull-House resident, Florence Kelley First probation officer in Chicago, a Hull-House resident, Alzina Stevens Labor unions organized at Hull-House: Women Shirt Makers Women Cloak Makers Dorcas Federal Labor Union Chicago Woman's Trade Union League⁶⁸

	68. “Some Hull-House Firsts.” Jane Addams Hull-House Museum at the University of Illinois at Chicago. 22 January 2001. http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/firsts.html (online 7 May 2001). (link unavailable 16 August 2007)