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Also Known As welfare service • social work

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Jane Addams, wearing a dark coat with a fur collar and a cloche hat, stands by a railing holding a handbag.
Poster in Italian with the headline Latte Puro pei Bambini, providing information about obtaining pasteurized milk for children, with addresses for Chicago settlement houses listed below.
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Lillian D. Wald.
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Abbott, Grace
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