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It was the only Crittenton Home in Iowa. Their first order of business was to build the first part of this facility, which was completed in 1906. It was designed by the local architectural firm of Beach & Steele. Up to that time, Sioux City had no maternity hospital; so the services provided by the home were found nowhere else in the city. [2]
Crittenton, Inc. was the product of a merger between two pioneering women’s rights societies of the late 19th century; the Boston Female Moral Reform Society and the Florence Crittenton Home. [1] Both organizations had similar goals in assisting poor and unwed mothers and ultimately worked together to help these women achieve economic ...
This is a list of detention facilities holding illegal immigrants in the United States.The United States maintains the largest illegal immigrant detention camp infrastructure in the world, which by the end of the fiscal year 2007 included 961 sites either directly owned by or contracted with the federal government, according to the Freedom of Information Act Office of the U.S. Immigration and ...
Florence Crittenton Home and Maternity Hospital, Sioux City, IA, listed on the NRHP in Iowa; Florence Crittenton Home (Charleston, South Carolina), listed on the NRHP in South Carolina; National Florence Crittenton Mission, the organization which established as many as 75 Florence Crittenton Homes
Shelter House's winter emergency shelter opened on Dec. 4, providing additional space for a growing local homeless population.
The Domestic Violence Intervention Program is opening a new emergency shelter in Iowa City in honor of 45 years serving Iowa City.
Florence Crittenton Misson, 21 Bleecker Street, 1893. The National Florence Crittenton Mission was an organization established in 1883 by Charles N. Crittenton. It attempted to reform prostitutes and unwed pregnant women through the creation of establishments where they were to live and learn skills.
Kate Waller Barrett (January 24, 1857 – February 23, 1925), née Katherine Harwood Waller, was a prominent Virginia physician, humanitarian, philanthropist, sociologist and social reformer, best known for her leadership of the National Florence Crittenton Mission, which she founded in 1895 with Charles Nelson Crittenton. Her causes included ...