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A Row Over Renovations at the Junior League - The New York Times  Jan 17, 2008 ... N.Y. / Region. A Row Over .... The league was founded in 1901 as an organization of debutantes who wanted to help the less fortunate. Though it is ... Your Money: The School of Wants and Needs  and Wood-Fired Showers...
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Mary Harriman - Education & Resources - National Women's History ...  He founded the Tompkins Square Boys' Club in New York City's ... to help them adjust had been founded in Boston, Chicago, and other cities. ... In 1901, while a student at Barnard College, Mary and a group of 80 debutantes from New York City's ... practice of young ladies working for the benefit of less fortunate persons.
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AT LUNCH WITH: Deborah C. Brittain; Tacos, Stir-Fries and Cake ...  Oct 15, 2003 ... Founded in 1901 by Mary Harriman, a New York City debutante who wanted to help the less fortunate, the organization doubled for ... ''I don't know if you want to bless your food or be silent for a bit, but we'll do that and then...
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Tenements - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com  Find out more about the history of Tenements, including videos, interesting articles, ... In New York Citywhere the population doubled every decade from 1800 to ... With less than a foot of space between buildings, little air and light could get in. ... and in 1901 city officials passed the Tenement House Law, which effectively...
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Mary Harriman Rumsey, Class of 1905 | Barnard Archives And ...  Jan 1, 2011 ... She grew up in New York City, with a brief interlude in Chicago; her family also owned ... lavish debutante party in the company of the 400, New York City's wealthiest and ... Instead, she matriculated at Barnard in 1901. .... young ladies working for the benefit of less fortunate persons, and Schnitzer writes...
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IMMIGRANTS IN 1900's NEW YORK CITY - Jobs  Fresh from the end of the Industrial Revolution, the new formed United States was in need of laborers. ... 12 million immigrants had passed through the gates at Ellis Island nestled in the New York Harbor between 1842 and 1954. ... Old immigrants who had entered the country prior to the late 1800s often stereotyped the...
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Clara Barton | American Red Cross Founder | Who is Clara Barton  At age 60, she founded the American Red Cross in 1881 and led it for the next ... ways in which she could provide help to them guided her throughout her life. ... Barton climaxed her Civil War activity when she participated in establishing a ... When Clara Barton visited Europe in search of rest in 1869, she was introduced to...
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Jeopary Questions page 2049 - THE GOOD BOOK - TriviaBistro.com  CHARITY BEGINS WITH BEER: Money from the golden nectar was used to start this women's liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York  2000: This city...
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Jane Addams - Wikipedia  Jane Addams (September 6, 1860  May 21, 1935) was a pioneer American settlement activist/reformer, social worker, public philosopher, sociologist, author, and leader in women's suffrage and world peace. She created the first settlement house in the United States, Chicago's Hull ..... Along with her colleagues from Hull House, in 1901 Jane Addams founded...
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Jane Addams - History of Social Work, details  After her studies, she visited Toynbee Hall in London and was inspired to develop a very similar initiative in Chicago in 1889. Together with her friend Ellen Starr, she started Hull House, the first settlement house in Near West Side, ... Following the model of Toynbee Hall, Addams refused to call her neighbors clients or...
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J! Archive - Show #4032, aired 2002-02-26  On June 14, 1971 the first in this chain of restaurants opened in London ... Now named for a benefactor, it opened in 1905 as the Institute of...
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Hadassah Women's Zionist Organization of America - Wikipedia  Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America is an American Jewish volunteer women's organization. Founded in 1912 by Henrietta Szold, it is one of the largest international .... Hadassah opens Palestine's first tuberculosis ward in its Safed hospital, which becomes the region's tuberculosis center in 1935...
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New York City, Tenement Life - Maggie Blanck  The word evolved into a description of a large crowded apartment building ... It wasn't until the Tenement act of 1901 that lighting was required in halls. ... Many of the larger tenements had a housekeeper, often a widow, who received free rent in ..... "This is one of the oldest houses in New York, having been built by a Dutch...
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Frustrations rise around Seattle police reform | Crosscut  Aug 10, 2016 ... ... in support of the CPC's recommendations, time is of the essence. ... Seattle Goodwill, a non-profit organization founded in 1923, ... Seattle Magazine ... A Bainbridge Island native, David has also worked as a teacher, winery...
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Jeopary Questions page 928 - NATION STATION - TriviaBistro.com  COMING OUT: This league was founded in 1901 by 2 debutantes eager to display social responsibility  READ ANY GOOD BOOKS?: In April 1986 Larry...
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Free Flashcards about AMERICAN HISTORY - StudyStack  IN 1926 THIS FUTURE FIRST LADY STARTED A FURNITURE FACTORY AT HYDE PARK TO HELP THE UNEMPLOYED, ELEANOR ROOSEVELT. IN 1957...
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Ford Foundation - Wikipedia  The Ford Foundation is a New York headquartered, globally oriented private foundation with the mission of advancing human welfare. Created in 1936 by Edsel Ford and Henry Ford, it was originally funded by a...
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Art and Industry in Philadelphia: Origins of the Philadelphia ... - JStor  for Women, it began in 1848 as a charitable effort to train "needy and deserving" ... C. Knauff in 1922 and published by the Moore Institute in 1932. ... institute's history, its role as a "national technical institution," and as a catalyst in Philadelphia's .... societies used religious persuasion as a tool to rescue "fallen women" and.
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Sisters of Mercy: History from Catherine McAuley to Today  Catherine McAuley founded the Sisters of Mercy in Ireland in 1831 to serve those ... poor in early nineteenth century Ireland and determined that she and women like ... the works of Mercy have expanded to embrace education, health care and...
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YMCA National History :: About Us :: Marshfield Area YMCA - the Y ...  In 1853, the first YMCA for African Americans was founded in Washington, D.C., ... They set up exercise drills in classes -- forerunners of today's aerobics ... But instead of churches, they organized YMCAs that eventually were placed under local control. ..... The origins of Golden Gate University in San Francisco are similar.
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Significant Dates in History | About Us | American Red Cross  Clara Barton and associates establish the American Red Cross. August 22, 1881. First local chapter of the American Red Cross is formed in Dansville, N.Y..