Settlement Houses and Social Work
The settlement house, a 19th century phenomenon, was a method for serving the poor in urban areas by living among them and serving them directly. As the residents of settlement houses learned effective methods of helping, they then worked to transfer long-term responsibility for the programs to government agencies. Settlement house workers, in their work to find more effective solutions to poverty and injustice, also pioneered the profession of social work.
About Jane Addams
Find more about Jane Addams, the mother of American settlement houses and founder of Hull-House.
Find more about Jane Addams, the mother of American settlement houses and founder of Hull-House.
Settlement Houses
Basic information about settlement houses and their connection to women's history.
Basic information about settlement houses and their connection to women's history.
How to Found a Settlement House
A step-by-step guide to founding a settlement house, derived from the actual experiences of women and a few men in founding settlement houses in England and America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. An interesting summary of the process!
A step-by-step guide to founding a settlement house, derived from the actual experiences of women and a few men in founding settlement houses in England and America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. An interesting summary of the process!