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Hull House Quotes

Of all aspects of social misery nothing is so heartbreaking as unemployment.

Of all aspects of social misery nothing is so heartbreaking as unemployment.

Jane Addams
Heartbreaking, Unemployment, Hull House
Jane Addams (1949). “Twenty Years at Hull-House: With Autobiographical Notes”, p.119, Hayes Barton Press

Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics.

Jane Addams
Expression, Code Of Ethics, Hull House
Jane Addams (2016). “Democracy and Social Ethics”, p.128, Youcanprint

Perhaps nothing is so fraught with significance as the human hand.

Jane Addams
Hands, Hull House, Significance
Jane Addams (2012). “Twenty Years at Hull-House: With Autobiographical Notes”, p.45, Courier Corporation

The Settlement ... is an experimental effort to aid in the solution of the social and industrial problems which are engendered by the modern conditions of life in a great city. It insists that these problems are not confined to any one portion of the city. It is an attempt to relieve, at the same time, the overaccumulation at one end of society and the destitution at the other.

Jane Addams
Cities, Effort, Hull House
Jane Addams (1949). “Twenty Years at Hull-House: With Autobiographical Notes”, p.70, Hayes Barton Press

Hospitality still survives among foreigners, although it is buried under false pride among the poorest Americans.

Jane Addams
Pride, Hull House, Hospitality
Jane Addams, Jean Bethke Elshtain (2002). “The Jane Addams Reader”, p.33, Basic Books

The blessing which we associate with a life of refinement and cultivation can be made universal and must be made universal if they are to be permanent.

Jane Addams
Blessing, Hull House, Made
Jane Addams, Jean Bethke Elshtain (2002). “The Jane Addams Reader”, Basic Books (AZ)

An unscrupulous contractor regards no basement as too dark, no stable loft too foul, no rear shanty too provisional, no tenement room too small for his workroom as these conditions imply low rental.

Jane Addams
Dark, Hull House, Rooms
Jane Addams (2012). “Twenty Years at Hull-House: With Autobiographical Notes”, p.65, Courier Corporation

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