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Suit against Hull House sets off squabble
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A feud grew Thursday between the Hull House Association and its
affiliate, the Clarence Darrow Center, when Darrow staff members
protested a suit filed by its own board of directors against Hull
House.
The suit, filed in Cook County Circuit Court this week, alleges
that Hull House violated a long-standing agreement by trying to take
over Darrow's leases, contracts and programs.
The suit accuses Hull House - which distributes operating money
to Darrow - of holding back nearly...
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Hull House labors for children Series: 20TH CENTRUY CHICAGO
Chicago Sun-Times
; At the first Hull House Christmas party, reformer Jane Addams tried giving candy to the children who came by. But a number of little girls refused it. "They worked in a candy factory and could not bear the sight of it," Addams wrote in Twenty Years at Hull House of the exhausted girls, who put in
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New postcard honoring Hull House to debut here
Chicago Sun-Times
; ... self-addresed labels plus 15 cents per card to "Hull House Postal Card, Postmaster, Chicago 60607-9992. The deadline is Oct. 16. CLUB NEWS: The American Philatelic Society will hold its spring meeting in conjunction with the World Columbian Stamp Expo '92, which will ...
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Hull House builds on its century-old foundation of caring
Chicago Sun-Times
; The Uptown Center of the Hull House Association recently sponsored a show of the elaborately embroidered quilts made by the women of the Hmong tribes of Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. Some of the quilts depict the journey of the people of Chicago's small Hmong community from their rice paddies,
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Following a rich legacy // Hull House provides a model for theaters
Chicago Sun-Times
; The words most often appended to the name of Jane Addams are "social reformer," "founder of Hull House," "pacifist" and "feminist leader." But what is frequently forgotten about the woman who devoted her life to improving the condition of immigrants and the poor was that she was a fervent believer
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Generosity downsized // '90s corporate giving fails to match soaring profits Series: EXECUTIVE SUITE
Chicago Sun-Times
; From his vantage point at the Jane Addams Hull House Association, Gordon Johnson sees some ominous changes in corporate philanthropy - for one thing, it's harder to get. "A lot of it has to do with corporations downsizing, of companies merging," said Johnson, president of Hull House. "I don't think
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Goldie Kahn, lifelong fan of Hull House
Chicago Sun-Times
; Goldie Newman Kahn's girlhood revolved around Jane Addams' Hull House, and her fondness for the neighborhood center lingered all her life. "She called herself one of the last of the Hull House children," said her daughter, Carol Eisenschiml, of Highland Park. Mrs. Kahn, 91, of Highland Park, died
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Re-thinking Soup for the Soul
In These Times
; RE-THINKING SOUP, A project of Chicago's Jane Addams Hull House Museum, serves up bowls of soup to bring together food activists, policy-makers and the hungry. Beginning in May, every Tuesday organizers have served free lunch-healthy soup and organic bread-inside the historic Hull House Residents'
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Hull House still inspires us
Chicago Sun-Times
; Chicago's Hull House, which observes its 100th anniversary in ceremonies beginning next week and continuing through next year, became America's most widely known settlement house, bringing international acclaim to the city that fostered the pioneering work of founder Jane Adams. The centennial
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Conference focuses on settlement houses
Chicago Sun-Times
; In the early days of Jane Addams' Hull House, it was a refuge for immigrants with children in tow looking for a meal, a bath, or a place where they could learn English and the ways of a new country. More than 100 years later, modern-day settlement houses, including Hull House, are looking for
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Addams' Legacy Nestled In Hull-House Museum
Chicago Sun-Times
; ... museum as a major civic forum. A multimillion-dollar wing, partly underground, is planned. This year she is showing an exhibit of news clippings and drawings from Chicago's terrible winter of 1893-94. "It was very cold, with hunger, homelessness and massive unemployment ...
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