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Jane Addams' autobiographical account of the founding and operation of Hull House, one of America's most famous settlement homes.
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Jane Addams was a famous social activist living in Chicago at the turn of the 20th century. She's perhaps most famous for introducing the Settlement movement to the United States and for founding Hull House, a hugely influential settlement house in Chicago.
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Preface
I: Earliest Impressions
II: Influence of Lincoln
III: Boarding-School Ideals
IV: The Snare of Preparation
V: First Days at Hull House
VI: Subjective Necessity for Social Settlements
VII: Some Early Undertakings at Hull House
VII: Problems of Poverty
IX: A Decade of Economic Discussion
X: Pioneer Labor Legislation in Illinois
XI: Immigrants and Their Children
XII: Tolstoyism
XIII: Public Activities and Investigations
XIV: Civic Cooperation
XV: The Value of Social Clubs
XVI: Arts at Hull House
XVII: Echoes of the Russian Revolution
XVIII: Socialized Education