settlement houses

Social and cultural centers established by reformers in slum areas of American cities during the 1890s and the early 1900s. Jane Addams founded the most famous settlement house, in Chicago. (See Progressive movement.)

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Settlement houses attracted idealistic college graduates eager to learn how the poor lived and to improve the condition of the poor.

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There are two other settlement houses in Chicago which are managed in the spirit of Hull House.
Women as World Builders | Floyd Dell
They do it in other settlement houses, and it shall be done here!
The Story Of Julia Page | Kathleen Norris
Some have been installed in settlement houses and public schools.
Mechanical Devices in the Home | Edith Louise Allen
The settlement houses of which there are several, might naturally take the lead.
Charities and the Commons: The Pittsburgh Survey, Part II: The Place | Various
For the most part, neophytes were in charge at the settlement houses.
The Precipice | Elia Wilkinson Peattie

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