How much do you know about the history of women in Rockford? In celebration and recognition of Women's History Month, the Rockford Register Star has partnered with Midway Village Museum to bring ...

One of the nation’s first housing projects is getting a new life as a public housing museum. Chicago’s Jane Addams Homes exemplified the rise and fall of public housing in the 20th century, from their ...

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The three-story brick building where the National Public Housing Museum is opening isn’t only the last of the 32 buildings that once made up the Jane Addams Homes, Chicago’s first public housing ...

Jane Addams and the women of Hull House joined forces to improve the lives of immigrants. Jane Addams, born into wealth and privilege, had been intrigued by social reform since a visit to a settlement ...