Improving the Lives of the Poor in Chicago at the Turn of the 20th Century.No. 507.

UIC Library’s Special Collections department has launched an online interpretive exhibit on how the residents of seven Chicago settlement houses worked to improve the lives of people living in poor neighborhoods during the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Henry Booth House,
Bethlehem-Howell Neighborhood Center,
Off-The-Street Club,
Marcy Newberry Center,
Firman House,
Hyde Park Neighborhood Club,
Hull-House.