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Why were settlement houses crucial centers of Progressive action?
a. They provided literary and philosophical perspectives on social questions.
b. They showed women’s only concerns were as wives and mothers.
c. They brought attention to a broader array of urban social problems and civic concerns.
d. They gave women a reason to teach children how to read the classics.
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c. They brought attention to a broader array of urban social problems and civic concerns.
Settlement houses (e.g., Hull House, Henry Street) provided social services, education, and community centers in immigrant and poor neighborhoods and served as bases for progressive reformers—especially women—to address housing, public health, labor, child welfare, sanitation, and other urban problems.
Settlement houses (e.g., Hull House, Henry Street) provided social services, education, and community centers in immigrant and poor neighborhoods and served as bases for progressive reformers—especially women—to address housing, public health, labor, child welfare, sanitation, and other urban problems.
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