House That Jane Built (1990)

Sub-Genres - Biography, Social History  |   Run Time - 60 min.  |   Countries - United States  |  
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Synopsis

Recalling the work of Jane Addams and her colleagues, who, with the founding of the Chicago settlement Hull House in 1889, contributed to the social reforms of the period. Included: the settlement's impact on fighting poverty, illness and illiteracy.

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feminism, halfway-house, immigrant, neighborhood, poverty, reform [improve], slums, social-worker