As times became harder, jobs become more scares, and people became more worried about their futures and children’s futures. Even though people were still working they were having a hard time making ends meet to support their families. Two women that stood out and made a change were Josephine Lowell and S. Humphrey Gurteen. These women wanted to make a change, but the change needed to mean something. Lowell thought and “felt that charity agents and visitors could provide a personal relationship conducive to helping needy individuals instead of treating them as “cases.” Lowell thought “that each case must be dealt with radically and a permanent means of helping it to be found, and that the best way to help people is to help them to help themselves”.
