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Obit of the Day: Hull House
On Friday, January 28, 2012 the most famous “settlement house” in the United States closed its doors. Hull House, founded by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr in 1889*, was a social service agency with a broad reach in the city of Chicago. Hull House offered services for men, women, and children - often newly arrived immigrants - and provided a broad array of programs and education. At one point “Hull House” covered thirteen blocks and “included a gymnasium, theater, art gallery, music school, boys’ club, auditorium, cafeteria, cooperative residence for working women, kindergarten, nursery, libraries, post office, meeting and club rooms, art studios, kitchen, and a dining room and apartments for the residential staff.” (from The Encyclopedia of Chicago)
Addams and Starr also used Hull House as a center for local and national political reform dealing with such issues as sanitation, prison reform, child labor, women’s suffrage, and unemployment benefits. Addams ran Hull House until her death in 1935. (In 1931 Addams became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize for her work with the Women’s International League of Peace and Freedom.)
Hull House closed due to a lack of funds. Although scheduled to close in March, the economic strain forced the organization to shut down two months early. There are several questions as to how insolvency occurred so quickly and with relatively little warning. (Read an article on the topic here.)
Hull House was 122 years old.
(Postcard courtesy of chicagopc.info)
* Hull House was named for its original owner, Charles Hull, who gave it to his niece Helen Culver. Culver leased it to Addams and Starr.
赫尔大厦的忌辰
2012年1月28日，星期五，全美最有名的社会服务机构赫尔大厦关门大吉。由Jane Addams与Ellen Gates Starr创建于1889年的赫尔大厦*，是芝加哥一家综合性的社会服务机构，其业务领域广泛，主要为刚移民来美国的男女老幼提供各种各样的服务项目与教育机会。赫尔大厦一度覆盖三十个街区，“包括体育馆、剧场、画廊、音乐学校、男孩俱乐部、礼堂、食堂、女工集体宿舍、幼儿园、育婴室、图书馆、邮局、会议室、艺术工作室、厨房以及职工餐厅与公寓。”（自《芝加哥百科全书》）
Addams和Starr同时还把赫尔大厦作为公共卫生、监狱改革、童工问题、妇女选举权、失业救济等地区性或全国性政治改革的示范点。Addams惨淡经营赫尔大厦直到她1935年去世。（由于她为国际妇女联盟所做的贡献，1931年Addams成为首位获得诺贝尔和平奖的美国女性。）
赫尔大厦的倒闭主要是因为资金的短缺。原本是预定在三月份停业的，但由于经济吃紧，不得不提前两个月关门。好几方面的原因促使赫尔大厦在事先无明显征兆的情况下迅速破产。
赫尔大厦已有122年的历史。
（题图明信片自chicagopc.info）
*赫尔大厦命名自其最初的所有者，查尔斯赫尔（Charles Hull），查尔斯的侄女Helen Culver继承了大厦并转租给Addams和Starr。
