Ellen Gates Starr

Ellen Gates Star Ellen Gates Star, born in Illinois in 1859, studied at Rockford Female Seminary. Here, she met a longtime friend, Jane Adams. They built a mansion in Chicago city together. After repair, Hall House was founded. It was the first settlement in Chicago and the United States, and officially opened in 1889. This mansion is surrounded by the slums of Chicago. They feel it is not necessary to move it to another part of the city, but it will be more popular for women's immigrants and their children.

In the summer of 1887, Adams read a new idea of ​​building a village in a magazine. She decided to visit the world's first Toinbee Hall in London. Several friends including her and Alan Gatesstart traveled Europe from December 1887 until the summer of 1888. Adams, who was watching the bullfight fascinated by the exotic tradition seen in Madrid, accused its charm and could not get angry with horses and bulls. At first, Adams did not tell anyone about his dream of establishing his reconciliation, but she felt guilty because she did not follow his dream. She told Ellen Gates Starr that sharing her dream might help her take action. Star liked the idea very much and agreed to join Adams and open up a settlement.

In 1889, Jane Adams and Ellen Gates Star established the first settlement in the United States, an aging mansion in Halstead, the poorest migrant slums in Chicago. And the corner of Pork Street. A settlement called the Hull House offers many activities and services including health and childcare, children and adult clubs, art galleries, kitchens, gyms, music schools, theaters, libraries, employment agencies and labor museums. By 1910, the United States established a settlement of 400; the majority of settlement workers were women.

1889 - Jane Adams and her college friend Ellen Gates Star found a Hull House in a recent European immigration community in Chicago, Illinois. It is the first settlement in America, including kindergartens and adult night schools. Hull House continues today and offers educational services to children and their families. 1896 - 30-year-old African-American Homer Plecie raised doubts about the "independent car law" in Louisiana province. Case The US Supreme Court supported the Law of Louisiana, and most of the opinions were that the intention of the 14th revision was "It is not intended to abolish discrimination by color". Therefore, the ruling of the Supreme Court's Ferguson case justified the policy of "independent but equality". It has become a legal precedent to prove many other apartheid laws including 'separate but equal' education.