Oliver Weil-Hull House

1. Near the turn of the twentieth century, women were beginning to find their niche in society and became able to provide ample living for themselves and their families without having to rely on their husbands. This led to a growing theme of homosexuality within women’s culture as they were now able to live free of dependence on their husbands.
2. The united states seemed sort of unaffected by this theme as the main theme was more focused on women’s equality, and subsequent suffrage decades later. Women were slowly, but surely grouping together in settlements in populated and urban cities like Chicago to unite to ensure their social and political equality years later.
3. In the late 1800’s women Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Star formed together and began working at Chicago’s Hull House, located in Chicago’s urban area where generally immigrants lived. Here, the group of women, some of whom were gay, joined together for social reform, specifically for the equality of immigrants and women.