Starr in 1914

Ellen Gates Starr (March 19, 1859 near Laona, Illinois – February 10, 1940 in Suffern, New York) was an American social reformer and activist. Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Suffern is a village in the Town of Ramapo Rockland County, New York, United States located north of the State of New Jersey The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

Biography

Starr and Mrs. F. R. Lillie

Ellen Starr was born in Laona, Illinois and was a student at the Rockford Female Seminary (1877-78) where she met Jane Addams; their lesbian relationship lasted many years. Laona Township is located in Winnebago County, Illinois. The population was 1167 at the 2000 census The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. Laura Jane Addams (September 6 1860 &ndash May 21 1935 was a founder of the U A lesbian is a Woman who is romantically or sexually attracted only to other women ^[1] Starr taught for ten years in Chicago before joining Addams in 1888 of a tour of Europe. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. While in London they were inspired by the success of the English Settlement movement and became determined to establish a similar social settlement in Chicago. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. For the organisations for kibbutzim and moshavim see Settlement movement (Israel The settlement movement was involved in the creation of "settlement

They returned to Chicago and cofounded Hull House as a kindergarten and then a day nursery, an infancy care centre and a center for continuing education for adults. Starr was also active in the campaign to reform child labor laws and industrial working conditions in Chicago. Child labor is the employment of Children at regular and sustained labour She was a member of the Women's Trade Union League and helped organize striking garment workers in 1896, 1910 and 1915. In 1930 Ellen Gates Starr retired to a Roman Catholic convent in Suffern, New York County, where she died on 10th February, 1940. Suffern is a village in the Town of Ramapo Rockland County, New York, United States located north of the State of New Jersey

References

1. ^ Brown, Victoria Bissell (2007), The Education of Jane Addams, University of Pennsylvania Press, p. 361, ISBN 0812237471