The House on Henry Street

The House on Henry Street
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Chronicles the sweeping history of the storied Henry Street Settlement and its enduring vision of a more just society On a cold March day in 1893, 26-year-old nurse Lillian Wald rushed through the poverty-stricken streets of New York’s Lower East Side to a squalid bedroom where a young mother lay dying—abandoned by her doctor because she could not pay his fee. The misery in the room and the walk to reach it inspired Wald to establish Henry Street Settlement, which would become one of the most influential social welfare organizations in American history.Through personal narratives, vivid images, and previously untold stories, Ellen M. Snyder-Grenier chronicles Henry Street’s sweeping history from 1893 to today. From the fights for public health and immigrants’ rights that fueled its founding, to advocating for relief during the Great Depression, all the way to tackling homelessness and AIDS in the 1980s, and into today—Henry Street has been a champion for social justice. Its powerful narrative illuminates larger stories about poverty, and who is “worthy” of help; immigration and migration, and who is welcomed; human rights, and whose voice is heard.For over 125 years, Henry Street Settlement has survived in a changing city and nation because of its ability to change with the times; because of the ingenuity of its guiding principle—that by bridging divides of class, culture, and race we could create a more equitable world; and because of the persistence of poverty, racism, and income disparity that it has pledged to confront. This makes the story of Henry Street as relevant today as it was more than a century ago. The House on Henry Street is not just about the challenges of overcoming hardship, but about the best possibilities of urban life and the hope and ambition it takes to achieve them.

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Ellen M. Snyder-Grenier. The House on Henry Street

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION

1. A BAPTISM OF FIRE

FACING A PANORAMA OF PROBLEMS

“WE HAVE SEEN AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS MANY HARROWING THINGS”: TAKING ACTION

THE SETTLEMENT’S FORMAL WORK BEGINS

“BAO” AND THE FOUR BRANCHES OF USEFULNESS

The First Branch

The Second and Third Branches

The Fourth Branch

FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHTS OF IMMIGRANTS

FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHTS OF WORKERS

FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN

FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN

FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHTS OF BLACK AMERICANS

TAKING STOCK AT 20: THE 1913 PAGEANT

ART + ACTIVISM

HOMEFRONT CHALLENGES AND POSTWAR PROBLEMS

THE 1920S: END OF AN ERA OF PROMISE

2. MOVING WITH THE TIMES

FOREBODING AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS

RISING PROBLEMS

THE ARTS AND SOCIAL ACTION

THEN CAME THE WAR

WAR’S END, AND BIG CHANGES

BATTLING JUVENILE DELINQUENCY IN AN UNSETTLED NEIGHBORHOOD

Mobilization for Youth

A CITY IN CRISIS, THE WAR ON POVERTY, AND HELEN HALL’S PARTING WORDS: “I TOLD YOU SO”

3. LASTING NEIGHBOR AND STEADY INFLUENCE

SETTLING AT THE HOUSE ON HENRY STREET—AND SHAKING THINGS UP

Making Inclusivity Visible

A BOLD STATEMENT

PROBLEMS—BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL—ARISE

A Perfect Storm

Tackling AIDS, Resurging Homelessness, and the Impact of Rising Crime

SAVING THE SETTLEMENT

HENRY STREET IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Looking Back, and Moving Forward

CONCLUSION

PART 2: MOVING WITH THE TIMES

PART 3: LASTING NEIGHBOR AND STEADY INFLUENCE

CONCLUSION

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THE HOUSE ON HENRY STREET

The Enduring Life of a Lower East Side Settlement

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New York

A number of issues and ideas run through all these parts, many of them seesawing through time: about changing attitudes toward poverty and how to address it; about who is worthy of support; about professionalization and the role of gender and ethnicity; and about whether the Settlement’s arts programs were geared more for a downtown or an uptown crowd. Many of these issues are unnervingly similar to those that face America at the close of the second decade of the 21st century. You can hear the anti-immigration vitriol of the late 1800s in the cries for a wall on America’s southern border in 2019. You can feel the 1930s’ disappointment over the failure to pass universal health care in the fights over coverage today. And you can feel the anger over Gilded Age income inequality in today’s tensions over the rise of the one percent.

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