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Hull House, Chicago. Settlement and community houses in the United States were a vital part of the settlement movement, a progressive social movement that began in the mid-19th century in London with the intention of improving the quality of life in poor urban areas through education initiatives, food and shelter provisions, and assimilation and naturalization assistance.
Friendly Inn Settlement House: Cleveland, Ohio: United States [18] Gladden Community House: Columbus, Ohio: United States [19] Godman Guild Association: Columbus, Ohio: United States [20] Grace Hill Settlement House: St. Louis, Missouri: United States [21] Grand Street Settlement: New York, New York: United States Greenwich House, Inc. New York ...
"The Settlement Movement 1886-1986: One Hundred Years on Urban Frontiers", VCU Libraries Social Welfare History Project. Blank, Barbara Trainin. "Settlement Houses: Old Idea in New Form Builds Communities", The New Social Worker, Summer 1998, Vol. 5, No. 3; Hunter, Robert.
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The Houchen Settlement House was founded in 1912 in Segundo Barrio in El Paso, Texas. El Paso was the chosen site to place a settlement house for Mexican immigrants because of its border location and risks linked with it. [clarify] Poverty, education and high infant mortality were concerns Houchen staff had to contend with on a daily basis ...
Whittier House was an American social settlement, situated in the midst of the densely populated Paulus Hook district of Jersey City, New Jersey.Christian, but non-denominational, its aims were to help all in need by improving their circumstances, by inspiring them with new motives and higher ideals, and by making them better fitted by the responsibilities and privileges of life.
The University Settlement Society of New York is an American organization which provides educational and social services to immigrants and low-income families, [2] located at 184 Eldridge Street (corner of Eldridge and Rivington Streets) on the Lower East Side of the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York.
Phyllis Wheatley Settlement House, 1931. The Phyllis Wheatley Settlement House in Minneapolis, Minnesota was founded in 1924 by the Council on Social Agencies (CSA) and the Women's Cooperative Alliance (WCA). [1] Its original function was to provide a recreational facility that could be used by the Minneapolis African American community. [2]