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Nurses In "Settlement" Work (1895)
Presentation by Lillian D. Wald at the Twenty-Second Annual Session of the National Conference Of Charities And Correction, 1895. "The actual nursing in the tenements, the lending of sick-room utensils and bedding, and the making of delicacies and carrying of flowers have not been different from the usual methods of district nursing."
AFSC and the Mountaineer's Craftsmen Cooperative Association
In 1932, Herbert Hoover asked the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) if it would take money left over from the American Relief Administration Children's Fund and start a feeding program in the mining districts once again. The AFSC agreed to do this, but it soon became apparent that more than just feeding needed to be done. It appeared the mining industry might never fully recover from the economic collapse of the time. Miners were underemployed, if employed at all. Most knew only mining and felt inadequate in attempting any other form of employment. For many reasons miners and their families were reluctant to leave the place where they were born and had lived all their lives.