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This nondescript brick building used to be public housing in Chicago. Now, it's a first-of-its-kind museum
Despite most public housing residences closing in the 1960s and 70s, this one has been preserved for the future.
Social reformer and pacifist Jane Addams was born Sept. 6, 1860, in Cedarville, Illinois. After graduating from Rockford Female Seminary in 1881, Addams left her native Illinois for Philadelphia where ...
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 ...
Part I: The given life, 1860-88. Self-reliance, 1822-60 -- Three mothers, 1860-73 -- Dreams, 1873-77 -- Ambition, 1877-81 -- Failure, 1881-83 -- Culture, 1883-86 ...
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 ...
Rockford University students, staff and faculty are set to participate in a day of service Sept. 10. The annual event, organized by the university's Jane Addams Center for Civic Engagement, honors ...
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 ...
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