us ii | ms. burke. between 1900 and 1915, more than 15 million immigrants arrived in the us 1910...

US II | Ms. Burke

Between 1900 and 1915, more than 15 million immigrants arrived in the US 1910 – 75% of NYC’s population were either

immigrations or first generation Americans (first generation : sons/daughters of immigrants)

The countries of origins changed! Old Immigrants New Immigrants

OLD IMMIGRANTS 1820 – 1870 ~7.5 million Northern & Western

Europe

Great Britain, Ireland, Western Germany

NEW IMMIGRANTS 1881 – 1920 ~23.5 million Southern & Eastern

Europe

Austro-Hungary, Italy, Russia

9/6/1860 – 5/21/1935 Pioneer social worker,

feminist, Nobel Peace Prize winner, public philosopher, suffrage activist

Her father was good friends with Abraham Lincoln! He would write letters

with “My Dear Double D-ed Addams”

SUFFRAGE WORK: Said if women were

responsible for cleaning up their communities and making them better places to live – they needed to be able to vote to do that!

She became a role model for middle class women

What history usually says:

Studied medicine but failed out due to ill health

Traveled internationally to write and “find her passion” with a friend – Ellen Starr

Saw a Settlement House in England and wanted to recreate it in US

Asexual

What actually happened: Her family tried to force

her to be a debutante Her family tried to force

her to marry her stepbrother

She escaped with the help of her long-term romantic partner – Ellen Starr

Dated wealthy philanthropist Mary Rozet Smith

“an institution in an inner-city area providing educational, recreational, and other social services to the community”

Provided daycare, education, and healthcare

Why did the Progressive Era need Settlement Houses?

Increased immigration Tenement life

Disease-ridden Long work hours Poverty

Jacob Riis and How the Other Half Lives

Most famous settlement house – located in Chicago, IL

Started by Jane Addams and Ellen Starr in 1889

Focused on providing education and recreational facilities for European immigrant women and children

By 1913, there were 413 houses in 32 states

Why is the truth of Jane Addams not known?

What advantages did women in “sentimental friendships” have over heterosexually married women?

What advantages did they have over single women?

“sentimental friendships” Often romantic

relationships between women that are hidden from the outside world

OR they are not hidden at all, and history just ignores them

Addams always requested a single bed when she traveled with Smith, yet they were just considered “roommates” and “friends”