settlement worker
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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
But Harry Hopkins is no typical settlement worker.
From Time Magazine Archive
St. Elizabeth of Hungary, the first settlement worker.
From The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
Milly noticed that Hazel Fredericks and the settlement worker kept their heads lowered disapprovingly.
From One Woman's Life by Herrick, Robert
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