Ellen Gates Starr

During the 19th Century, there was an influx of immigrants who came from Europe to the United States to escape the economic stress and political oppression. As they were new to this country many of them had trouble making the transition. Some of them were even discriminated against for their inability to fit in or adhere to the standards of their new home. This caused many problems when finding employment and often found themselves in poor living conditions (“Early Chicago”). In mid-19th century…

Isobel MacColl, Jane Addams, Lillian Wald, and John Lovejoy Elliot. By 1913, there were about 413 settlement houses established in the United States in 42 states. However, the most eminent settlement house in the US was founded by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr in 1889, and it is known as the Chicago’s Hull House. The Hull House in Chicago was of great importance for the people during the progressive era. Jane Addams opened this settlement house in order to help the immigrants with shelter,…

Ellis Island is an island located in New York Harbor and sits right next to the Statue of Liberty. The island is most well-known as the gateway for millions of immigrants arriving in America. The island opening in 1892 and existed for more than sixty years before closing in 1954. When “new” immigrants came to America, they were determined to be fit for entry at the immigration station at Ellis Island. Thousands of people passed through the island every day. The island is remember as the first…

In 1877 Rutherford Birchard Hayes is elected as president promising the end of the reconstruction era. Consequently one of the most important reforms in American history has officially failed its purpose which was to integrate the formerly slave population with equal rights, like white citizens. This event officially defines the start of the “Gilded age” and although the reconstruction era was over a different version of the reform was underway. Americas focus shifted towards the uncultivated…