Twenty years at Hull-House, with autobiographical notes/, Jane Addams
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Twenty years at Hull-House, with autobiographical notes/, Jane Addams
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eng
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autobiography
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non fiction
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Twenty years at Hull-House
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Jane Addams
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with autobiographical notes/
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In the 1890s, Hull-House was located in the midst of a densely populated urban neighborhood peopled by Italian, Irish, German, Greek, Bohemian, and Russian and Polish Jewish immigrants. During the 1920s, African Americans and Mexicans began to put down roots in the neighborhood and joined the clubs and activities at Hull-House. Jane Addams and the Hull-House residents provided kindergarten and day care facilities for the children of working mothers; an employment bureau; an art gallery; libraries; English and citizenship classes; and theater, music and art classes. As the complex expanded to include thirteen buildings, Hull-House supported more clubs and activities such as a Labor Museum, the Jane Club for single working girls, meeting places for trade union groups, and a wide array of cultural events. Twenty Years at Hull-House is the story of the period With Autobiographical Notes of Jane Addams
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