The Legacy of 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	Following Jane’s death, Hull-House was managed by the Hull-House Association until the early 1960s. At that time, the Hull-House campus was taken through eminent domain. Its land was turned into the Circle Campus of the University of Illinois.¹²⁷ Charles Hull’s mansion, which was the settlement residence and Jane Addams’s home for so many years, is now a museum. Through a combination of original artwork and furnishings and rotating exhibits, the museum seeks to preserve the atmosphere in which this historic woman lived and worked.¹²⁸ In 1940, the U.S. Post Office issued a 10¢ stamp commemorating Jane Addams. In 1948, the Jane Addams Peace Association was founded "to foster a better understanding between the people of the world toward the end that wars may be avoided and a more lasting peace enjoyed."¹²⁹ The Hull-House Association was renamed the Jane Addams Hull House Association. From four community centers spread across the working class neighbourhoods of the city, the Association continues to work on behalf of children, the elderly, and poor families. Their Housing Resource Center manages almost 1000 units of housing for the poor, elderly, and disabled. They also provide site management services for the Chicago Housing Authority.¹³⁰ Jane Addams Hull House Association is a non-profit social service agency dedicated to helping people build better lives for themselves and their families. For more than a century, the Chicago-based agency has continued the leadership and vision of our founder Jane Addams, who is credited with starting the field of social work. Hull House Association takes a community-focused approach to solving social problems by fostering the spirit of "neighbors helping neighbors."¹³¹

	127. Glowacki, P. Jane Addams Hull-House Museum at the University of Illinois at Chicago. 18 May 2001. http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/hull_house.html (online 10 June 2001). 128. ibid. 129. Kruse, Ginny Moore. “Jane Addams Book Award: Children’s Books that Build for Peace.” http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~cfjab/jaddams.htm (online 7 May 2001). 130. Jane Addams Hull House Association. 7 June 2001. http://www.hullhouse.org/ (online 10 June 2001). 131. op. cit.