Jane Addams : an alchemist synthesizing the identity of the immigrants in Hull House neighborhood, (1889-1930)
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Kohn, Edward P.Date
2009Publisher
Bilkent University
Language
English
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Abstract
The settlement house movement was an outcome of the necessity for
social welfare reform at the local level during the Progressive era. Mostly college
educated reformers, these innovative minds aimed at moving to the slums of the
great cities, neighboring the lower strata of the society, and therefore providing
them the opportunity for personal development through social and cultural
programs they initiated.
The scope of this thesis is confined to Hull House, founded in 1889, by
Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr in Chicago. The major concern of the thesis is
narrowed down to a discussion on the nature of the relationship between Hull
House and the immigrants in the neighborhood.
Through such a thematic concentration, the thesis aims to explore the role
of a settlement house in the incorporation of immigrants to the society