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White woman dressed in a long coat, holding a towel, sitting on a stool in a cluttered room. On the wall, "Hull House. 800 South Halsted Street."
Jane Addams standing in a room of Hull House (1927).

Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr co-found the Hull-House in Chicago.

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Jane Addams standing in a room of Hull House (1927).

While the Hull-House is not the first settlement house, it shifts the role of these houses by bringing in childcare, education, and work placement services for newly arriving European immigrants. Initially, the Hull-House is a white-only space.