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“Mother’s club,” New York, 1930s
A nurse from the Henry Street Settlement with a parent education class known as a “mother’s club,” New York, 1930s
Courtesy National Library of Medicine
The poor immigrant communities in urban industrial neighborhoods had little access to health professionals despite their great need for care. Since Henry Street was founded earlier, some communities were able to improve their living conditions and health through social and health services from settlement houses, such as the Henry Street Settlement in New York City. For example, neighborhood women organized in mother’s clubs to share experiences and hear advice from professional nurses of the Henry Street Visiting Nurses Service.