Which key Progressive Era reform leader associated with the Hull House?

Which key Progressive Era reform leader associated with the Hull House?

• A. Ida Tarbell
• B. Jane Addams
• C. Alice Paul
• D. Florence Kelley

Answer: (B)

Hull House represents the settlement-house approach the Progressives used to tackle urban poverty by providing real services in immigrant neighborhoods. Jane Addams, who co-founded Hull House in Chicago in 1889, became the emblematic reformer tied to that institution. Through Hull House, she led efforts to offer education, healthcare, childcare, and social services, and she used the model to advocate for broader reforms in child welfare, education, and women’s rights. The other figures are notable Progressive Era reformers in different arenas—Ida Tarbell as a muckraker who exposed corporate abuses; Alice Paul as a leading suffragist; Florence Kelley as a labor and consumer-protection reformer—but none are primarily associated with Hull House itself.

Hull House represents the settlement-house approach the Progressives used to tackle urban poverty by providing real services in immigrant neighborhoods. Jane Addams, who co-founded Hull House in Chicago in 1889, became the emblematic reformer tied to that institution. Through Hull House, she led efforts to offer education, healthcare, childcare, and social services, and she used the model to advocate for broader reforms in child welfare, education, and women’s rights. The other figures are notable Progressive Era reformers in different arenas—Ida Tarbell as a muckraker who exposed corporate abuses; Alice Paul as a leading suffragist; Florence Kelley as a labor and consumer-protection reformer—but none are primarily associated with Hull House itself.