Settlement houses

during the settlement house movement, conditions in the city slums were horrific. Sanitation was deplorable, most waste, human and otherwise, was thrown into the street and people lived in tenement houses where if one was lucky, their family got an entire room. People’s working conditions were not much better, they worked with heavy machinery in factories from dawn till dusk, averaging 14 hour days throughout the year and still didn’t make enough to properly support their family. Urban conditions were crowded, unhealthy, and dank, and yet still thousands of immigrants were drawn to them. This provided ample opportunity for philanthropy to help fill in the gaps in education, sanitation, and legislation. The two most important examples…

Lutheran Settlement House is really the only social service agency within the community. It has been providing services to Fishtown and the Philadelphia area since 1902. The services since then may have changed but it’s core mission of “empowering individuals, families, and communities to achieve and maintain self-sufficiency through an integrated program of social, educational, and advocacy services” has not ("History | Lutheran Settlement House | Empowering Children, Adults, Families, and…

The Role of the Settlement Houses in American Life The “settlement house” was one of the most prominent organizations in the American history of social welfare. During the progressive era, there were a number of immigrants who moved to the United States. These immigrants faced a difficult life due to lack of shelter, food, health care, and education. In addition, they experienced harsh working conditions in the crowded cities and faced discrimination. As a result, the problems of the…

Women during the Progressive Era of the late 19th century on into the early 20th functioned in separate spheres, which meant that the men went out and worked and the women stayed home. During the 19th century women became more active outside of the home and wanted to be more involved. In 1890 the National Consumers’ League was founded in New York and went on to become national in 1899. This organization was put into place to provide protective legislation for women and children. Consequently,…

Define your organization of interest. The organization that I chose is the Lutheran Settlement House, located in the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia. Lutheran Settlement House offers a variety of services but is known for their Bilingual Domestic Violence Program (BDVP). This organization partners with different domestic violence programs across the city to operate the Philadelphia Domestic Violence Hotline. They also offer free counseling, medical and legal advocacy, education and…

Many people came to the New World looking for new possibilities, freedom, and a place to settle and become an established, respectable land. Starting in the early 1600’s, the Virginia Company wanted a settlement in America. The Chesapeake colonies, including Virginia and Maryland first established the town of Jamestown. “Jamestown was intended to become the core of a long-term settlement effort, creating new wealth for the London investors and recreating English society in North America”…

Early Jamestown: Why Did So Many Colonists Die? English royalty and noblemen were very optimistic after they heavily funded the Jamestown expedition with the belief that the settlement would be a strong foundation towards the goal of colonizing the fertile lands of the Eastern Americas. Accomplishing such a daunting task meant the country potentially could have an abundant population to spread Christianity towards, discover new riches as the Spanish previously had done, and maybe uncover the…

The document in chapter 21-1 – Jane Addams on Settlement Houses: The Subjective Necessity for Social Settlements – was written by Jane Addams in 1892. The author is writing about the topic of social settlements to share the necessity for social settlements as there are major problems in the society, and these settlements would make “universal” those “blessings which we associate with a life of refinement and cultivation” and help provide for the betterment of immigrants and educated middle class…

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Good Neighbor Settlement House I arrived at 4:45pm almost late because I live in San Benito travel to Brownsville. It's happened to me was brought to three plate compartment tray from Walmart is total are $14.47. Then I went to Good Neighbor Settlement House use the map but, I had to my phone on found to the place because I never had seen before there. Now I found where the Good Neighbor Settlement House was, and then when enter. I saw students from my class and all the people who came to feed…