settlement house
Neighborhood service organization
A settlement house is a community center in a poor urban neighborhood, typically offering social services, education, and cultural programs to immigrants and the working poor.
The movement began in the late 19th century, with volunteers—often middle-class reformers—living among the residents they served.
Chicago's Hull House, founded by Jane Addams, became the model: The settlement house offered English classes and childcare to newly arrived families.
Ability to read, write
- tutoringIndividual academic guidance
- job trainingTeaching skills for employment
- childcareSupervision of young ones
- kindergartenEarly schooling for youngsters
health clinic · legal aid · vocational training · night school · domestic skills · cooking classes · sewing classes · library
Philosophy advocating societal reform
- activismDirect effort for reform
- social justiceFair distribution of opportunities
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- community organizingCollective local civic engagement
suffrage · temperance · labor rights · civil rights · feminism · grassroots · lobbying · muckraking
Those settling abroad
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
- tenementMulti-unit urban dwelling
- slumImpoverished urban district
- working-classManual laborers as group
residents · volunteers · social workers · neighbors · ethnic enclaves · newcomers · poor · indigent
Multi-unit urban dwelling
- slumImpoverished urban district
- inner-cityCentral part of metropolis
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
- congestionExcessive accumulation causing blockage
overcrowding · poverty · industrialization · urbanization · ward · ghetto · sanitation
Voluntary aid for others
- donationVoluntary charitable gift
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
- fundraisingSoliciting money for organizations
- nonprofitOrganization serving public good
volunteerism · benefactor · patron · contributions · altruism · benevolence · generosity · support
literacy
Ability to read, write
- tutoringIndividual academic guidance
- job trainingTeaching skills for employment
- childcareSupervision of young ones
kindergarten · health clinic · legal aid · vocational training · night school · domestic skills · cooking classes · sewing classes · library · gymnasium
progressivism
Philosophy advocating societal reform
- activismDirect effort for reform
- social justiceFair distribution of opportunities
- advocacyPleading for a cause
community organizing · suffrage · temperance · labor rights · civil rights · feminism · grassroots · lobbying · muckraking · neighborhood improvement
immigrants
Those settling abroad
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
- tenementMulti-unit urban dwelling
- slumImpoverished urban district
working-class · residents · volunteers · social workers · neighbors · ethnic enclaves · newcomers · poor · indigent · families
tenement
Multi-unit urban dwelling
- slumImpoverished urban district
- inner-cityCentral part of metropolis
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
congestion · overcrowding · poverty · industrialization · urbanization · ward · ghetto · sanitation
charity
Voluntary aid for others
- donationVoluntary charitable gift
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
- fundraisingSoliciting money for organizations
nonprofit · volunteerism · benefactor · patron · contributions · altruism · benevolence · generosity · support · sponsorship
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Institution housing poor laborers
poorhouse · debtor's prison · house of correction · prison · jail
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Shelter for the destitute
workhouse · orphan asylum · social Darwinism · laissez-faire · benign neglect
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