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Settlement Houses

Settlement Houses. Lauren Iannotta and Jen Schubert. Settlement House. an institution in an inner-city area providing educational, recreational, and other social services to the community. About the Houses. Large buildings in industrial cities Provided services

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Settlement Houses

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  1. Settlement Houses Lauren Iannotta and Jen Schubert

  2. Settlement House an institution in an inner-city area providing educational, recreational, and other social services to the community

  3. About the Houses • Large buildings in industrial cities • Provided services • Goals = to ease poverty and help immigrants adjust to the American lifestyle

  4. Toynbee Hall • First prototype • Founded by Canon Samuel Barnett • East London • Provided education and social services to the poor immigrants that lived there

  5. About the movement • Reformist social movement • Women who started to graduate college were inspired by the reform movement • Workers of the houses knew how terrible living conditions were • Made campaigns to address the urban problems • Most influential of all the urban reforms

  6. Jane Addams • Co-founder of the Hull House • Provided services for the immigrants and poor • Services included: child care, educational courses, an art gallery, a public kitchen, and many other social programs • Co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

  7. Lillian Wald • Wanted a more just society • “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” • Henry Street Settlement (still around today) • Wanted decent health care for all

  8. Importance • Helped people in need • Displayed the change in women’s rights • leaders • women were able to get an education • One of the most successful reform movements • Still around today

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