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Why were settlement houses crucial centers of Progressive action?

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They provided literary and philosophical perspectives on social questions.

They provided literary and philosophical perspectives on social questions.

They showed women’s only concerns were as wives and mothers.

They showed women’s only concerns were as wives and mothers.

They brought attention to a broader array of urban social problems and civic concerns.

They brought attention to a broader array of urban social problems and civic concerns.

They gave women a reason to teach children how to read the classics.

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They brought attention to a broader array of urban social problems and civic concerns.

Settlement houses (e.g., Hull House) connected reformers with immigrant and urban communities, providing services and organizing for public health, labor reform, housing, child welfare and other civic improvements.