The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum

Chicago, Illinois

The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum Chicago, Illinois Founded by Jane Addams in 1889, Chicago's Hull House may be the most famous of the “settlement houses” that improved life for immigrant families in poor city neighborhoods. Hull House offered classes, daycare, job assistance, and a place for labor unions to organize. Like most other settlement houses, Hull House was staffed mainly by women.