ABSTRACT
G. Hull. Later, Addams and her associates added 12 more buildings, a playground, and a summer camp located in Wisconsin.
Hull House proved an immediate and lasting success. Eschewing the judgmental attitudes of traditional social workers, the women and men who resided and worked at Hull House focused on aiding the poor immigrants who lived in the neighborhood and made a point of respecting their cultures. Services such as literacy classes, day care, adult education, homemaking courses, and health care greatly aided Chicago’s heterogeneous and impoverished immigrants. Hull House also served as a vital incubator for social and political reform and played a key role in securing passage of progressive legislation, such as the eight-hour workday for women and child labor legislation.
