History of the United States II / Unit 4 USH2 0458 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Settlement Houses
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The idea
Jane Addams opened Hull House in Chicago in eighteen eighty-nine, and in eighteen ninety-five Lillian Wald founded New York's Henry Street Settlement.
In practice
Childcare, evening classes, libraries, gymnasiums and free health care for working families.
Where people slip
The anchor notes friction too: immigrant women often held their own ideas about how to improve their lives.
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