We're remembering humanitarian Lillian Wald, one of the most influential social reformers of all time. She pioneered programs, from visiting nurses to free school lunches, and founded a local settlement that continues to thrive. DaveCarlinTV reports.
, CBS2 is remembering humanitarian Lillian Wald, one of the most influential social reformers of all time.
Since 1893, the Henry Street Settlement has delivered health care, social services and lessons in everything from language to music toWald, its founder, lived from 1867 to 1940. Her parents were immigrants from Eastern Europe, and she was raised in Rochester with wealth and privilege. "She was a public health nurse, but she was also an immigrant rights activist, she was a labor activist, she was a co-founder of the NAACP," said Katie Vogel, public historian for the settlement."She was affecting change, but she couldn't even vote."
"She was a queer person. She wouldn't have used a term like that in the 1890s or early 1900s, but we have love letters between her and a few women," she went on to say.
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