settlement worker
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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But Harry Hopkins is no typical settlement worker.
From Time Magazine Archive
Upon his graduation in 1905, he took a job as a settlement worker in the New York slums.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jane Addams, grey-haired Chicago settlement worker, walking across the dining room of Hull House, slipped, fell, broke her wrist.
From Time Magazine Archive
Milly noticed that Hazel Fredericks and the settlement worker kept their heads lowered disapprovingly.
From One Woman's Life by Robert Herrick
It must not be forgotten, then, that the first settlement worker of modern times, the dear St. Elizabeth of Hungary, is one of the great influences that will never die.
From Education: How Old The New by James J. Walsh
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