Ellen Gates Starr
Ellen Gates Starr (born March 19, 1859 near Laona in the US state of Illinois , † February 10, 1940 in Suffern , New York ) was an American social reformer and pioneer of the settlement movement .
Since studying at the Rockford Women's Seminary (1877/78), Ellen Starr was friends with Jane Addams , with whom she traveled to Europe in 1888 and got to know Toynbee Hall in London. After their return, she and Addams founded the Hull House in Chicago .
Web links
- Ellen Gates Starr Papers
- Literature by and about Ellen Gates Starr in the WorldCat bibliographic database
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| SURNAME | Starr, Ellen Gates |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American social reformer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 19, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Laona , Illinois |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 10, 1940 |
| Place of death | Suffern , New York |