Chapter 21 outline out of many
Subject:
US History [1]
Tags:
united states [17]
Progressive Era [18]
Progressivism [19]
Trade union [22]
Industrial unionism [23]
One Big Union [24]
William Howard Taft [25]
Social Issues [26]
Chapter 21: Urban America and the Progressive Era (1900-1917)
American Communities
Lillian Wald was a girl with a good upbringing who moved to NY to become a nurse
Wald and Mary Brewster worked as visiting nurses
Professional care at home for 10 to 25 cents, info on health care, sanitation, and disease prevention
1895 ? philanthropist Jacob Smith donated house on Henry Street Settlement @ Lower East Side
Henry Street Settlement became example for new kind of reform community based on college level women
Unlike other moral reformers, they lived alongside the poor and worked from the inside
Jane Addams, Lillian Wald, Florence Kelly
Henry Street Settlement survived by donations from wealthy NYers