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Hull House offered an alternative location where women could debate, reflect, ponder and make sense of urban life through the prism of feminine experience. According to Maurice Hamington [38] Hull House was an incubator of ideas where feminist pragmatism was jump started. The Hull House philosophy, contrasted sharply with the approach of Plato.
Hull House, Chicago. Settlement and community houses in the United States were a vital part of the settlement movement, a progressive social movement that began in the mid-19th century in London with the intention of improving the quality of life in poor urban areas through education initiatives, food and shelter provisions, and assimilation and naturalization assistance.
Hull-House Kilns was established as part of the Chicago settlement house, Hull House. The program was developed by the potter Myrtle Merritt French (1886-1970). [3] She began teaching pottery at Hull House in 1924. The classes were first attended by Mexican immigrants in Chicago, and then by African Americans. [1] A notable potter working at ...
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It is the oldest stone house in western New York and is currently owned by the Hull Family home association. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [1] The Hull House has scheduled Open House days during the spring, summer, and fall. An appointment can be made at the website, hullfamilyhome.org, for a group tour.
Hull House was a historic settlement house in Chicago, Illinois, US. Hull House may also refer to: William H. Hull House, Murphysboro, Illinois; Warren Hull House, Lancaster, New York; James Heyward Hull House, Shelby, North Carolina; Jasper G. Hull House, a National Register of Historic Places listing in Hancock County, Ohio; Patrick Hull ...
Helen Culver (1832–1925) was a successful real estate developer and philanthropist. She owned Hull House and rented it to Jane Addams, before later giving the property to Addams along with hundreds of thousands of dollars of donations, contributing substantially to founding the comprehensive settlement house movement in the United States.
The root of mess is the Old French mes, "portion of food" (cf. modern French mets), drawn from the Latin verb mittere, meaning "to send" and "to put" (cf. modern French mettre), the original sense being "a course of a meal put on the table"; cfr. also the modern Italian portata with the same meaning, past participle of portare, to bring.