On art, labor, and religion

Chicago was a tumultuous and exciting city in 1889.

Immigration, industrialization, urbanization, and politics created a vortex of social change.

This lively chaos called out for both celebration and reform, and two women, Ellen Gates Starr and Jane Addams, responded to this challenge by founding the social settlement Hull-House.

Addams has become famous as a Nobel laureate, but Starr remains virtually unknown.

On Art, Labor, and Religion Starr's writings and biography are introduced for the first time as a contribution to national and international sociological thought and practice.