CHICAGO (AP) — Hull House, the Chicago social services organization that Nobel Peace Prize winner Jane Addams founded in 1889 to help thousands of immigrants adjust to life in America, will close this ...

Jane Addams, and the women who joined her to enrich the lives of thousands, are explored. Jane Addams-Together We Rise: American Stories profiles this Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist and the cadre ...

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Fate — if there is such a thing — really wanted Liesl Olson, Ross Jordan and Matthew Randle-Bent to end up at the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum. Olson, its director, grew up revering Jane Addams, the ...

When I walk through the Chicago Women’s Park and Gardens, I always pass by a sculpture called Helping Hands by artist Louise Bourgeois. The sculpture’s granite plinths and carved hands pay homage to ...

One of the nation’s first housing projects is getting a new life as a public housing museum. Chicago’s Jane Addams Homes exemplified the rise and fall of public housing in the 20th century, from their ...

Classes were canceled Wednesday at Rockford University allowing time for students, faculty, staff and alumni to participate in the annual Jane Addams Day of Service. In celebration of Rockford ...

CHICAGO (AP) � Hull House, the Chicago social services organization that Nobel Peace Prize winner Jane Addams founded in 1889 to help thousands of immigrants adjust to life in America, will close ...