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Scene from Poale Zion Chasidim, an Americanization pageant held in the Milwaukee auditorium to welcome Milwaukee’s new citizens, 1919. Image courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society, ID: 5348.

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The Settlement House Movement

Scene from Poale Zion Chasidim, an Americanization pageant held in the Milwaukee auditorium to welcome Milwaukee’s new citizens, 1919. Image courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society, ID: 5348. Mass immigration from eastern and southern Europe dramatically altered America’s ethnic and religious composition around…

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May 1, 2017

Milwaukee / Food & Cooking / Milwaukee County / Ethnicity & Identity / Related Stories / Global Connections / 1880-1900 / 1900-1920 / Religion / 1920-1940 / Region 8 - South East / Settlement Cook Book

Elizabeth “Lizzie” Black Kander

The first generation of women—mostly white and middle- or upper-class—to graduate from college in large numbers left school full of promise and enthusiasm, but were largely denied employment in medicine, law, or business. Rejected by the professional world, many focused their energies…

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May 1, 2017