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