Speech:

Why a City Should Have a Settlement

Speaker:

Helen Hall

1900 - 1940 / Health & Social Welfare
Helen Hall advocated for the importance of settlement houses and social welfare services over the span of her fifty-year career. Born into a white, middle-class family in 1892, Hall entered college expecting to pursue a career in sculpting. However, after one year of art classes, Hall realized she “wanted to stop and find out what…  Read more.
Speech:

The Problems, Programs, and Trends Affecting Senior Citizens

Speaker:

Ollie A. Randall

1961 - 1980 / Health & Social Welfare
Ollie A. Randall was a prolific writer, orator, and leader, who spent the majority of her career working with marginalized populations, including women, widows, and the elderly. Randall was an advocate for women’s rights, a social worker, and the head of the Women’s Division of the Emergency Work and Relief Bureau. Most notably, she was…  Read more.
Edith Abbott
Speech:

Survey Award Acceptance Speech

Speaker:

Edith Abbott

1941 - 1960 / Gender Equity and Health & Social Welfare
The social settlement movement began in the 1880s in London as a response to social problems created by urbanization, industrialization, and immigration. To mitigate the effects of increasing socio-economic stratification, settlement houses acted as a neighborhood welfare agency with the purpose of creating an improved, interdependent community.  Read more.