Search Results: Returned 7 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 7
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By Taylor, Kim2006., Adolescent, Viking Call No: Historical Fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Two orphaned teenage girls in New York's tenements in 1883 realize that their dream of saving enough money to move to Brooklyn across the newly-built bridge may be achieved if they learn new trades at a nearby settlement house, rather than continuing their lives of prostitution and stealing.
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1998., Carolrhoda Books Call No: 973.8 ARN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Picture the American pastSummary Note: Explains what a settlement house is, describes its role in the lives of poor children who live near it, and tells how the settlement house movement is still being felt today.
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c1983., Macmillan ; Collier Macmillan Call No: 92 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography of an urban pioneer who evolved new concepts of public health, led the movement for peace, and pressed government to assume responsibility for the economic well-being of its citizens.
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2014., Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Call No: FANTASY Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Blythewood Volume: bk 2Summary Note: Seventeen-year-old Ava Hall continues to learn more about herself and her heritage through her work in a New York City settlement house as well as through her social obligations with the Blythewood girls.
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2006., Juvenile, Rosen Pub. Group Call No: 362.8 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of Contents Summary Note: Discusses how reformers changed the face of the United States with their work on behalf of the poor and the creation of settlement houses.
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2006., Rosen Central Primary Source Call No: 973.8 FRI Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: The progressive movement, 1900-1920--efforts to reform America's new industrial societySummary Note: Presents an introduction to early twentieth century immigration in the United States, providing information on the living conditions in tenement homes, the push toward westward expansion, and the role and development of settlement homes.
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2004., Morgan Reynolds Call No: 921 ADDAMS Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: World writersSummary Note: A biography of the woman who established Hull House in Chicago in 1889 to provide medical and legal services, educational opportunities, and social interactions to immigrants and other victims of poverty.
