sep 17, 1889 - Hull House
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Jane Adams and Ellen Gates Star established a secular settlement house in Chicago known as Hull-House.
The neighborhood was a melting pot of struggling immigrants, and Hull-House provided everything from midwife services and basic medical care to kindergarten, day care and housing for abused women. It also offered English and citizenship classes. Adams received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931.
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