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THE BEGINNING OF HEALTH CARE

Detial Potrait of Lillian Wald at National Potriat Gallery. 1919, by William Valentine Schevil

Lillian Wald

The Early Life of Lillian Wald and her first accomplishment as a Nurse(The Henry Street Settlement).

Lillian Wald was a child born to German and Jewish immigrant parents on May 1st, 1867. She was born in Ohio and later moved to Rochester, New York. Lillian attended Cruttenden, an English-French school, which was a day and boarding school. She furthered her education by attending New York Training School, a women’s medical college. After that, she taught community health classes. Lillian Wald helped to create many community health programs such as The Red Cross, social services, and the Henry Street Settlement which she created to meet the needs of the poor in the New York City. The Henry Street Settlement was created to provide proper health for immigrants who were dying as a result of poor sanitation. Before Lillian developed the Henry Street Settlement, there were many children of immigrants who died as a result of poor diet, unclean environments, and rooms with no ventilation because there were more people in a room than there should be. The Henry Street Settlement still provides New Yorkers of all ages with health and social services.

The Henry Street settlement, founded by Lillian Wald, in 1893 September, 2011. By Beyond My Ken.