# UX134 - 1989 15c Postal Card - Hull House
Postal Cards
Postal cards are postal stationery with an imprinted stamp or indicium signifying the prepayment of postage. Highly collectable, they would make a great complement to any stamp or cover collection.
Birth Of Jane Addams
The eighth of nine children, Adams was the daughter of a local political leader, Civil War officer, and friend of Abraham Lincoln. She graduated from the Rockford Female Seminary as valedictorian in 1881.
Addams went on to study medicine, but she eventually abandoned that due to poor health, being admitted to the hospital several times. When she was well, Addams spent nearly two years in Europe studying and considering what she wanted to do with her future. On a second trip to Europe when she was 27, Addams and her friend Ellen Starr visited the Toynbee Hall Settlement House in London’s East End. This visit inspired her to open a similar home for the needy in Chicago.
Postal Cards
Postal cards are postal stationery with an imprinted stamp or indicium signifying the prepayment of postage. Highly collectable, they would make a great complement to any stamp or cover collection.
Birth Of Jane Addams
The eighth of nine children, Adams was the daughter of a local political leader, Civil War officer, and friend of Abraham Lincoln. She graduated from the Rockford Female Seminary as valedictorian in 1881.
Addams went on to study medicine, but she eventually abandoned that due to poor health, being admitted to the hospital several times. When she was well, Addams spent nearly two years in Europe studying and considering what she wanted to do with her future. On a second trip to Europe when she was 27, Addams and her friend Ellen Starr visited the Toynbee Hall Settlement House in London’s East End. This visit inspired her to open a similar home for the needy in Chicago.