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

(Book #7 in the Washington Mews Series)

by Ellen Snyder-Grenier

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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...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1479801356

ISBN13:9781479801350

Release Date:June 2020

Publisher:Washington Mews Books/Nyu Press

Length:256 Pages

Weight:1.18 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.2" x 8.9"

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