Ellen Gates Starr
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Ellen Gates Starr was an American social reformer and activist who co-founded Chicago’s pioneering settlement house Hull House alongside Jane Addams.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ellen Gates Starr canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1439519 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Ellen Gates Starr Context triple: [Hull House, founder, Ellen Gates Starr]
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Ellen Church
Ellen Church was an American nurse and aviation pioneer recognized as the world’s first female flight attendant.
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Margaret Kemble Gage
Margaret Kemble Gage was an American-born socialite of the colonial era, best known as the wife of British General Thomas Gage and for later speculation that she may have secretly warned American patriots of British military plans before the Revolutionary War.
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C.
Katherine Tupper Brown
Katherine Tupper Brown was an American woman best known as the wife of U.S. Army General and statesman George C. Marshall, supporting his military and diplomatic career during and after World War II.
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D.
Esther Stoddard Edwards
Esther Stoddard Edwards was the daughter of prominent American theologian Jonathan Edwards and a member of the influential Edwards-Stoddard New England clerical family.
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Mary Baker Williams
Mary Baker Williams was the wife of American planter and politician Henry Middleton, a prominent figure in colonial and early United States history.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Ellen Gates Starr Target entity description: Ellen Gates Starr was an American social reformer and activist who co-founded Chicago’s pioneering settlement house Hull House alongside Jane Addams.
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A.
Ellen Church
Ellen Church was an American nurse and aviation pioneer recognized as the world’s first female flight attendant.
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B.
Margaret Kemble Gage
Margaret Kemble Gage was an American-born socialite of the colonial era, best known as the wife of British General Thomas Gage and for later speculation that she may have secretly warned American patriots of British military plans before the Revolutionary War.
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C.
Katherine Tupper Brown
Katherine Tupper Brown was an American woman best known as the wife of U.S. Army General and statesman George C. Marshall, supporting his military and diplomatic career during and after World War II.
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D.
Esther Stoddard Edwards
Esther Stoddard Edwards was the daughter of prominent American theologian Jonathan Edwards and a member of the influential Edwards-Stoddard New England clerical family.
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E.
Mary Baker Williams
Mary Baker Williams was the wife of American planter and politician Henry Middleton, a prominent figure in colonial and early United States history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
activist
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human ⓘ settlement house worker ⓘ social reformer ⓘ |
| coFounded | Hull House ⓘ |
| coFounderWith | Jane Addams ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Rockford Female Seminary ⓘ |
| familyName | Starr ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
arts education
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education ⓘ labor rights ⓘ social work ⓘ |
| givenName | Ellen ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy for labor reform
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co-founding Hull House in Chicago ⓘ promotion of arts and crafts education ⓘ |
| laterReligion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
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| movement |
Arts and Crafts movement
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surface form:
arts and crafts movement
labor movement ⓘ settlement movement ⓘ social reform movement ⓘ |
| name | Ellen Gates Starr self-link ⓘ |
| notableAssociate | Jane Addams ⓘ |
| notableWork | Hull House ⓘ |
| occupation |
activist
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educator ⓘ settlement house worker ⓘ social reformer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Laona, Illinois ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Suffern, NY
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surface form:
Suffern, New York
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| politicalAlignment | progressivism ⓘ |
| religion | Anglicanism ⓘ |
| residence |
City of Chicago
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surface form:
Chicago
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| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
| workLocation |
City of Chicago
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surface form:
Chicago
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Subject: Ellen Gates Starr Description of subject: Ellen Gates Starr was an American social reformer and activist who co-founded Chicago’s pioneering settlement house Hull House alongside Jane Addams.
Referenced by (5)
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