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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.
The most famous settlement house in the United States is Chicago's Hull House, founded by Addams and Ellen Gates Starr in 1889 after Addams visited Toynbee Hall within the previous two years. Hull House, unlike the charity and welfare efforts which preceded it, was not a religious-based organization.
In the early 20th century, Mary Richmond of the Charity Organization Society (COS) and Jane Addams of the Settlement House Movement engaged in a public dispute over the optimal approach; whether the problem should be tackled with COS' traditional, scientific method that focused on efficiency and prevention, or whether the Settlement House ...
May 8—It is a testament to the Scott's Run Settlement House's success that it has grown beyond what its 100-year home can accommodate—and that people don't want to see it leave. There's the ...
Also called the Associated Charities was a private charity that existed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as a clearing house for information on the poor. [2] The society was mainly concerned with distinction between the deserving poor and undeserving poor. [ 3 ]
May 3—In 1922, Scott's Run Settlement House (SRSH) was chartered to serve a massive influx of immigrants relocating to Osage for mining jobs. Over the next 100 years, the mission expanded ...
Jul. 13—An open house at the new Scott's Run Settlement House facility in Cheat Lake on Saturday celebrated the organization's century-long history of community service, while looking forward to ...
Elizabeth Sprague Williams (August 31, 1869 – August 19, 1922) was an American social worker notable for her involvement in the settlement house movement. She was a leader at the Rivington Street Settlement in New York City, where she developed programs aimed at helping immigrants assimilate through educational, recreational, and vocational club activities.