Lillian Wald's accomplishments at the peak of her career and organizations she helped form still funtion today.
Lillian Wald was a nurse who always wanted to help the poor and needy. Not only did she consider it a priority to help the poor and needy, she also believed in and supported racial integration. Lillian Wald was an activist for women, children, and race. Lillian was involved in the foundation of the NAACP, also known as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People which was created to help people of color and end racial discrimination.
At the NAACP's 106th national convention, President Obama lays out the reasons why we need to reform America's criminal justice system, and why we need to invest in our communities and expand opportunity for all Americans, July 15, 2015 at 1:12 PM ET, By David Hudson.
Because Lillian Wald was a woman who believed in human rights, she also helped form an organization that would protect the rights of both women and children. The name of this organization was “National Child Labor Committee” and the “women’s health organization.” Not only that, but Lillian Wald was also the founder of the Red Cross organization, which still exists. When Lillian Wald opened the Henry Street Settlement she employed a lot of women even though women in that era didn’t have a lot of time. Many people looked up to Lillian a lot because of her achievement, especially the Jewish because she was a child born to a Jewish immigrant family. Lillian is still being honored for what she did in nursing schools. After Lillian died at age 73, she was elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1965, then to the Nurses Association Hall of Fame in 1976, and to the Women’s Hall of Fame in 1993.
Icon representing women’s health, May 29, 2015. By Kaldari.
