Yellow-tinted photo off girls learning to knit over a dining room table with knitting supplies
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.
Ollie Randall accepting an award next to another person. Both smiling with Randall's award. Black and white photo
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 portrait with a frame. Abbott staring into the camera wearing black, holding a book and glasses
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.