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She founded Hull House to serve needy immigrants in Chicago, Illinois. It was one of the first agencies of its kind in North America.</p><p>Jane Addams was born on September 6, 1860, in Cedarville, Illinois. She graduated from college in 1882 and then went to Europe. In a poor section of London, England, she visited Toynbee Hall. University graduates lived there and worked to improve life in the neighborhood. It was known as the world’s first social settlement. Addams took this idea back to the United States.</p><p><img class="hidden" src="https://cdn.britannica.com/02/164502-004-E090BFAE.jpg" alt="The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum is in Chicago, Illinois. It occupies two of the original buildings of the Hull House settlement." data-credit="Zagalejo" data-assembly-id="178429"><img class="hidden" src="https://cdn.britannica.com/01/164501-004-6EDA33C6.jpg" alt="A 1938 poster advertises art classes at the Hull House Community Workshop." data-credit="Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (cph 3f05215)" data-assembly-id="178430">In 1889 Addams and a classmate, Ellen Gates Starr, rented a big house in <a class="reflink" href="/kids/article/Chicago/346099">Chicago</a>. They moved in and opened the house to immigrants who were trying to succeed in their new country. Addams and Starr called their social settlement Hull House after its builder, Charles Hull. Hull House workers started a day care center, a kindergarten, a gymnasium, and an employment agency. They taught many kinds of classes and even set up a theater. All these programs eventually filled 13 buildings.</p><p><img class="hidden" src="https://cdn.britannica.com/00/164500-004-C93D6E2F.jpg" alt="Jane Addams (in the middle) is seen on a trip to Washington, D.C., to fight for women's right to vote." data-credit="Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (cph 3a50129)" data-assembly-id="178431"><img class="hidden" src="https://cdn.britannica.com/99/164499-004-09F1493C.jpg" alt="Jane Addams (in the middle) joined other American peace delegates at the International Congress of Women in The Hague, the Netherlands, in 1915." data-credit="George Grantham Bain Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-DIG-ggbain-18849)" data-assembly-id="178432">Addams became involved in many social causes. She worked to pass laws against child labor, to protect workers’ rights, and to win women the right to vote. Addams believed that countries should settle their disagreements peacefully. She spoke out against World War I even though her opinion made her less popular. In 1931 she won a share of the Nobel Peace Prize.</p><p>Addams lived at Hull House until her death on May 21, 1935. 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