Ellen Gates Starr

Ellen Gates Starr
Starr in 1914
Born(1859-03-19)March 19, 1859
Laona, Illinois, U.S.
DiedFebruary 10, 1940(1940-02-10) (aged 80)
Suffern, New York, U.S.
EducationRockford Female Seminary

Ellen Gates Starr (March 19, 1859 – February 10, 1940) was an American social reformer and activist.[1] With Jane Addams, she founded Chicago's Hull House, an adult education center, in 1889; the settlement house expanded to 13 buildings in the neighborhood.

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