In her "Twenty Years ar Hull-House", Jane Addams describes her work with Ellen Starr, after she returned from the United States, after traveling several years; during that period she lived the poverty and suffering of needy people. During that period she also spent two years in London.
As we said at the beginning of the first paragraph, she and Ellen Starr founded Hull-House in the slums of Chicago, in January, 1889. The search for the ideal location was time consuming, and Hull-House was named after the home owner.
The rest of the book describes the activities of Addams and the people who lived at Hull-House and depended on it.