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Henry Street Settlement

settlement house complex, New York City, New York, United States
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Henry Street Settlement, settlement house complex in New York City, founded in 1893 by American nurse and social worker Lillian D. Wald as a nursing service for immigrants. Initially composed of several properties on Henry Street, the settlement later expanded throughout the Manhattan’s Lower East Side. At age 22 Wald moved to New York City to attend the New York Hospital School of Nursing. In 1893, after she had earned a nursing degree, Wald and...

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