The House on Henry Street : : The Enduring Life of a Lower East Side Settlement / / Ellen M. Snyder-Grenier.
Chronicles the sweeping history of the storied Henry Street Settlement and its enduring vision of a more just societyOn a cold March day in 1893, 26-year-old nurse Lillian Wald rushed through the poverty-stricken streets of New York’s Lower East Side to a squalid bedroom where a young mother lay dyi...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2020] ©2020 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 A Baptism of Fire: Creating a Blueprint for Social Justice, 1893 to the 1930s
- 2 Moving with the Times: Testing the Blueprint in Neighborhood and Nation, 1930s to the Mid- 1960s
- 3 Lasting Neighbor and Steady Influence: The Power of Relationship, Late 1960s to Today
- Conclusion: The Enduring Lessons of the House on Henry Street
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author