USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -A group of enterprising settlement house movement leaders sought to achieve change by bridging the gaps between social classes. The middle-class leaders joined underserved urban neighborhoods and opened their homes to the local children, parents, families, and older adults.

Detailed explanation-2: -Settlement houses were organizations that provided support services to the urban poor and European immigrants, often including education, healthcare, childcare, and employment resources. Many settlement houses established during this period are still thriving today.

Detailed explanation-3: -Settlement houses were meant to move beyond charity, instead bringing together people from the middle and upper classes to work with and for the poor.

Detailed explanation-4: -The most famous settlement house in the United States is Chicago’s Hull House, founded by Addams and Ellen Gates Starr in 1889 after Addams visited Toynbee Hall within the previous two years.