One Big Union

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