page_title: Ellen Gates Starr
section_title: Early life and education
hierarchical_section_title: Ellen Gates Starr / Early life and education
caption_attribution_description: English: Ellen Gates Starr, ca 1890
context_page_description: Ellen Gates Starr was an American social reformer and activist. She, along with Jane Addams, founded Chicago's Hull House in 1889.
context_section_description: Ellen Gates Starr was born on March 19, 1859 in Laona, Illinois to Caleb Allen Starr and Susan Gates Child.
  From 1877 to 1878, Starr attended the Rockford Female Seminary, where she first met Jane Addams. Forced to leave school due to financial concerns, Starr taught for ten years in Chicago.
caption: Ellen Gates Starr, ca 1890
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