I was FASCINATED with settlement houses as a kid. Lillian Wald is a Jewish woman who was very involved in the settlement house movement and the beginnings of social work. I also love the examples of women working together across classes from this time period that we don't see (or at least talk about) as much today. The Women's Trade Union League was a great example of that. The upper class women that joined the strike lines were sometimes called "The Mink Brigade" because they wore furs on the picket line. Love it. Here is a picture of women from the WTUL at the Uprising of the 20,000 in 1909. http://www.laborarts.org/exhib...
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I was FASCINATED with settlement houses as a kid. Lillian Wald is a Jewish woman who was very involved in the settlement house movement and the beginnings of social work. I also love the examples of women working together across classes from this time period that we don't see (or at least talk about) as much today. The Women's Trade Union League was a great example of that. The upper class women that joined the strike lines were sometimes called "The Mink Brigade" because they wore furs on the picket line. Love it. Here is a picture of women from the WTUL at the Uprising of the 20,000 in 1909. http://www.laborarts.org/exhib...