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- Tags: Housing
Bain News Service, Mrs. Kate Wallert Barrett, Co-Founder National Crittention Mission
Bain News Service, Mrs. Kate Wallert Barrett, Co-Founder National Crittention Mission, Library of Congress, Unknown
Kate Barett understood that in order to achieve her goals, she’d need to be taken seriously, which is why she pursued a medical degree in order to the…
Tags: Hospitals, Housing, Kate Waller Barrett, League of Women, Philanthropy, Women
Unknown, Henry Phipps, Member Carnegie Steel Company
Unknown, Henry Phipps, Member Carnegie Steel Company, Unknown, 1913
Henry Phipps, Jr. was a member of the original Carnegie Steel Company, and so found himself very wealthy and very able to help others. He bought huge…
Tags: Henry Phipps, Housing, Medicine, Philanthropy, Steel
Habitat for Humanity, Jimmy Carter, Habitat for Humanity Supporter
Habitat for Humanity, Jimmy Carter, Habitat for Humanity Supporter, Habitat for Humanity, Unknown
"Habitat has opened up unprecedented opportunities for me to cross the chasm that separates those of us who are free, safe, financially secure, well…
Tags: Habitat for Humanity, Housing, Jimmy Carter, Philanthropy, Religion
National Archives, Tenement House Act
National Archives, Tenement House Act, National Archives, ca. 1900
In 1867, 495,000 people in New York City were living in tenement buildings. Overcrowding (in some areas, a population density of 240,000 people per…
Tags: Housing, New York, NYC, Overcrowding, Safety, Tenement House
Bain News Service, Ballington Booth
Bain News Service, Ballington Booth, Library of Congress, Undated
This is a photograph of social reformer General Ballington Booth. He and his wife, Maud Booth, founded the Volunteers of America in 1896.
Founded…
Tags: Anti-Poverty, Ballington Booth, Housing, Human Services, Reform, Volunteerism, Volunteers of America
Stepping Stones, Stepping Stones
Stepping Stones, Stepping Stones, Stepping Stones, Logo: 2016 Photo: May 2011
A photograph of some of those involved with Stepping Stones, recognized with the "Stepping Up Award", a pastry platter designed by residents. This is…
Tags: Award, Health, Homelessness, Housing, Nonprofits, Stepping Stones, Support, Youth
Kunnap, V., The schedule of repairs
Kunnap, V., The schedule of repairs, Rutgers, 1961
"“The reconstruction and renovation of residential housing is progressing well in the majority of Leningrad districts. However, in some city areas…
Tags: Art, Bureaucracy, Cartoons, Construction, Housing, Leningrad, Repairs, Satire
The Straus Historical Society, Nathan Straus Jr. (1889-1961)
The Straus Historical Society, Nathan Straus Jr. (1889-1961), The Straus Historical Society, 1937
Nathan Straus Jr. (1889-1961) was the son of Nathan and Lina Gutherz Straus. He was not interested in going into the family's business of…
Tags: FDR, Housing, Nathan Straus Jr., New York, NY, NYC, Straus Family