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==Addams' ideals==

==Addams' ideals==

Addams and her colleagues originally intended Hull House as a transmission device to bring the values of the college-educated high culture to the masses, including the [[Efficiency Movement]]. However, over time the focus of Hull House changed from bringing art and culture to the neighborhood (as evidenced in the construction of the Butler Building) to responding to the needs of the community by providing childcare, educational opportunities, and large meeting spaces. Hull-House became more than simply a proving ground for the new generation of college-educated, professional women - it also became part of the community in which it was founded, and its development reveals a shared history.<ref>Kathryn Kish Sklar, et al. eds. "How Did Changes In The Built Environment At Hull-House Reflect The Settlement's Interaction With Its Neighbors, 1889-1912?" ''Women And Social Movements In The United States, 1600-2000'' 2004 8(4).</ref>

Addams and her colleagues originally intended Hull House as a transmission device to bring the values of the college-educated high culture to the masses, including the [[Efficiency Movement]]. However, over time the focus of Hull House changed from bringing art and culture to the neighborhood (as evidenced in the construction of the Butler Building) to responding to the needs of the community by providing childcare, educational opportunities, and large meeting spaces. Hull-House became more than simply a proving ground for the new generation of college-educated, professional women - it also became part of the community in which it was founded, and its development reveals a shared history.<ref>Kathryn Kish Sklar, et al. eds. "How Did Changes In The Built Environment At Hull-House Reflect The Settlement's Interaction With Its Neighbors, 1889-1912?" ''Women And Social Movements In The United States, 1600-2000'' 2004 8(4).</ref>

Addams stressed that women—especially middle class women with leisure and energy, as well as rich philanthropists—had a civic duty to become involved in municipal affairs as a matter of "civic housekeeping."  Addams thereby enlarged the concept of civic duty as part of [[Republicanism, U.S.|republicanism]] to include roles for women beyond republican motherhood (which involved child rearing).

Addams stressed that women—especially middle class women with leisure and energy, as well as rich philanthropists—had a civic duty to become involved in municipal affairs as a matter of "civic housekeeping."  Addams thereby enlarged the concept of civic duty as part of [[Republicanism, U.S.|republicanism]] to include roles for women beyond republican motherhood (which involved child rearing).