Twenty Years at Hull-House. With Autobiographical Notes

Depressed by the limits placed on middle class women in nineteenth century America, this reknowned reformer originally created the Chicago settlement center Hull House as a place where educated women like herself could become more than housewives, and "learn of life from life itself." What began as a place where the well-off could spread their wings, however, soon became a vital resource for thousands of Chicago's needy, catapulting Addams into national fame, and inspiring countless similar organizations. Addams's written works include A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil (1912), about prostitution, and The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets (1909), among others.