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Thesis
very small. For many of the people who could have benefitted from the houses, they were unsuccessful.
Legislation
- Minimum wage

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The Settlement House Movement was a socialist movement with the goal of getting the poor and rich to live more similarly by building public settlement houses that provided daily necessities for those who couldn't afford them. However, millions were not able to benefit from these Settlement Houses because there just wasn't enough room. The Houses were very impactful and helpful for those who were able to use them but their overall impact on society was very small.
Legislation
Minimum wage
- Workplace safety standards
- Sanitation regualtions
Reporters
Jacob Riis-How the Other Half Lives
What
A book written by Jacob Riis, a Danish immigrant photo-journalist.
Goal
As someone who had immigrated, wanted to expose the hardships involved in coming to the country.
Impact
Opened the eyes of the general population to the deplorrab{http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Jacob_Riis_2.jpg}
Connection to Modern Day
Public Housing

The Settlement House Movement was a socialist movement with the goal of getting the poor and rich to live more similarly by building public settlement houses that provided daily necessities for those who couldn't afford them. However, millions were not able to benefit from these Settlement Houses because there just wasn't enough room. The Houses were very impactful and helpful for those who were able to use them but their overall impact on society was very small.
Legislation
Settlement workers did their best to convince national government to pass reform legislation like minimum- Minimum wage laws, workplace
- Workplace safety standards, and sanitation regulations.standards
- Sanitation regualtions
Settlement House Conditions
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Jane Addams
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- Received a Nobel Peace Prize in 1931
- Social worker, feminist, and internationalist
- Leased theFounder of Hull House where they raised money for the poor, nursed the sick, helped troubled people
- After a year they were hosting thousands weekly and provided kindergarten and activities for smaller children in the mornings and night activities for adults
- Soon an art gallery, public kitchen, coffee house, gymnasium, swimming pool, music school and much more were added to help the public(Chicago, IL)
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Lillian Wald
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- FounderFounder of Henry Street Settlement in Manhattan, New York
- Helped provide health care for the poor (she was a nurse)
- Henry Settlement provides educational classes, a place for those with bad physical and mental health to stay, and other services
- Still in use today and provides for 50,000 people yearly(Manhattan, NY)
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Reporters
Jacob Riis-How the Other Half Lives