Lillian Wald
Subtitle: America's great social and healthcare reformer
By: Paul Kaplan
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company, Incorporated
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Gretna
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9781455623495
Subjects: Public health nurses; Juvenile literature; Social reformers; Henry Street Settlement (New York, N.Y.)
Description: She was the forgotten greatest social reformer of her time. In this immensely significant biography, Paul Kaplan follows powerful activist Lillian Wald, a social and education reformer dedicated to helping less fortunate citizens in New York.
Notes: 456 Childrens Plus, Inc.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: The early years; title: The nurse to-be; title: A new kind of nurse; title: First years on the Lower East side; title: Visiting nurse service at the Henry Street settlement; title: Advocate for children; title: The social reformer; title: Labor reforms; title: The rise of World War I; title: Post war life at the settlement.