Fans of community activist and Nobel Prize winner Jane Addams admire her legacy of advocating for the underprivileged people in Chicago and beyond. But what they’ve never done is associate ...

Professor Judy Whipps talks about the conditions in Chicago during the 1890s, the impact it had on Jane Addams and the philosophy and activism of Jane Addams and John Dewey. Jane Addams and John ...

One of the nation’s first housing projects is getting a new life as a public housing museum. Chicago’s Jane Addams Homes exemplified the rise and fall of public housing in the 20th century ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Two workers dismantle an old Chicago Housing Authority sign outside the sole remaining building from the Jane Addams Homes in the 1300 block of West Taylor ...

The three-story brick building where the National Public Housing Museum is opening isn’t only the last of the 32 buildings that once made up the Jane Addams Homes, Chicago’s first public ...