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Lillian D. Wald (1867 - 1940)
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The
House on Henry Street (Philanthropy and Society) by
Lillian D. Wald This book delves
into the life of Lillian D. Wald and her accomplishments. From her
involvement in the Henry Street Movement to her stance toward the
Federal Children's Bureau, Wald exemplifies the progressive social
reform movement. Further, her lead in the push for full-time
nursing staff in public schools and progress with the Red Cross to
wipe out the influenza epidemic represent the power of this
influential leading woman in U.S. history. -- Brian
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Excerpt:
Lillian D. Wald was a nurse, social worker,
public health official, teacher, author, editor, publisher,
women's rights activist, and the founder of American community
nursing. Her unselfish devotion to humanity is recognized around
the world and her visionary programs have been widely copied
everywhere.
She was born on March 10, 1867, in Cincinnati,
Ohio, the third of four children born to Max and Minnie Schwartz
Wald. The family moved to Rochester, New York, and Wald received
her education in private schools there. Her grandparents on both
sides were Jewish scholars and rabbis; one of them, grandfather
Schwartz, lived with the family for several years and had a great
influence on young Lillian.
She was a bright student, completing high school
when she was only 15. Wald decided to travel, and for six years
she toured the globe and during this time she worked briefly as a
newspaper reporter.
In 1889, she met a young nurse who impressed
Wald so much that she decided to study nursing at New York City
Hospital. She graduated and, at the age of 22, entered Women's
Medical College studying to become a doctor...
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Excerpt:
Lillian Wald originated the public health
nursing service and the Henry Street Settlement to meet the needs
of the poor in New York City's Lower East Side. During the early
twentieth century, this outstanding nurse and social activist was
a dynamic force for social reform, creating widely-adopted models
of public health and social service programs...
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In 1934, one year after she retired from her
position as head worker of Henry Street Settlement House on New
York's Lower East Side, Lillian D. Wald recalled the lesson of her
years there. "We have found," she wrote, "that the
things which make men alike are finer and stronger than the things
which make them different, and that the vision which long since
proclaimed the interdependence and the kinship of mankind was
farsighted and is true." Wald began her voyage toward this
vision in 1893, when she discovered the need for health care among
New York's largely Jewish immigrant population. Her solution to
this problem, in the form of public health nursing, served only as
the foundation of her life's work, which spanned local, national,
and international efforts to bring health care and, on a broader
scale, social justice to people throughout her ever-expanding
"neighborhood." Wald's dedication to the causes of
nursing, unionism, tenement reform, woman suffrage, child welfare,
and antimilitarism demonstrated her strong progressive faith in
the ability of democratic institutions to realize the vision of a
unified humanity...
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