Workers' education began in England as an attempt to remedy the dehumanizing effects of factory labor. It consisted of programs aimed at offering working people a quality liberal arts education outside of the university which excluded them. Among the advocates of workers' education in America was Jane Addams who, at Hull-House, established a diverse program centered on the humanities, the fine arts, and folk handicrafts. It was based on her concept of culture, which sought to democratize knowledge as a way of promoting the evolution of society. Addams's philosophy of education, derived from her notion of culture, stressed the application of knowledge to life for the enrichment of social relations and human existence. Her educational philosophy deserves reappraisal because the quality of education for the worker has declined, serving increasingly as a vehicle of vocational advancement with little reference to intellectual and spiritual growth.