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In 1921, the Massachusetts Legal Aid Society assumed this work, after the Union stipulated that the Society hire a female attorney. In 1899, The Women's Union began an employment-training program for the adult blind and collected Braille books for the Boston Public Library. Four years later, the Union initiated a successful lobbying campaign to ...
Candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts Francis X. Bellotti and Boston Mayor John F. Collins, c. 1962. Police statistics of the early 20th century in Boston show that Italians were no more of a criminal element than any other foreign-born group in the city. [92]
The immigration of Italians accelerated throughout the late 19th century and into the early 20th century. Chicago's foreign-born Italian population was 16,008 in 1900 and peaked at 73,960 in 1930. [6] The largest area of settlement was the Taylor Street area, but there were also 20 other significant Italian enclaves throughout the city and suburbs.
The Travelers Aid Family Services (TAFS) was originally formed as a volunteer based social service organization seeking to provide resources for the massive numbers of immigrants arriving in the United States during the mid to late 1900s. Boston's branch, Travelers Aid Family Services of Boston, worked to assist immigrants arriving at the city ...
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 ...
1900s in Boston (62 P) E. 1900s ... 1900s Massachusetts elections (10 C) S. 1900s in sports in Massachusetts (10 C) This page was last edited on 5 March 2023, at 10: ...
Chart of Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay with Map of Adjacent Country. E. P. Dutton. 1867. Archived from the original on February 7, 2009. A good map of roads and rail lines in and around Boston. Downst, Henry P. (1916). Random Notes of Boston. Humphrey Publishing. Harris, Patricia & Lyon, David (1999). Boston. Oakland, California: Compass ...
Union Park, with South End House near the center of the row on the left (1917) South End House is a settlement house in South End, Boston, Massachusetts.It stressed education and study, but gradually extended its activities until it contributed in a multitude of ways to the life of Boston, particularly to the south End neighborhood. [1]