Jane Addams is best known for founding which social institution?

• A. The Hull House, a settlement house offering a variety of services to immigrants
• B. A private library
• C. A municipal hospital
• D. A police academy

Answer: (A)

Settlement houses were community hubs created to help immigrants and urban residents adapt to city life by offering education, healthcare, childcare, legal aid, and cultural programs within the neighborhood. Jane Addams helped lead this movement by founding Hull House in Chicago in 1889, a place that provided a wide range of services—kindergarten, English classes, vocational training, medical care, legal aid, and cultural activities—and that became a model for reform and social work. This is why Hull House is the best-known social institution associated with her. The other options don’t reflect her pioneering work or the settlement-house movement.