ABSTRACT
Hull-House was for women sociologists what the University of Chicago was for men sociologists: the institutional center for research and social thought. Although each sex worked in an institution dominated by one sex, both groups engaged in a considerable exchange of ideas and interests. Institutionally, however, each sex had a distinct power base and professional network. Women controlled Hull-House and men controlled the University of Chicago. In the founding days of sociology the work of female sociologists at Hull-House developed a firm foundation for the intellectual thought of the male sociologists at the University of Chicago. In addition, while the University of Chicago developed a professional, academic basis for the profession, Hull-House developed a professional, nonacademic basis for it.
