Settlement Houses

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