The House on Henry Street: The Enduring Life of a Lower East Side Settlement

by Ellen Snyder-Grenier

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479801356
• ISBN13: 9781479801350
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 8.9"