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The Settlement House Movement

Posted on May 1, 2017

Mass immigration from eastern and southern Europe dramatically altered America’s ethnic and religious composition around the turn of the twentieth century. Unlike earlier immigrants, who had largely come from western European countries like Britain, Germany, …

Posted in Home LifeTagged 1880s, 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, Immigration, Milwaukee, Race & Ethnicity

Elizabeth “Lizzie” Black Kander

Posted on May 1, 2017

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 …

Posted in Home LifeTagged 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, Eating & Drinking, Immigration, Milwaukee, Race & Ethnicity, Work

An Immigrant Family in Rural Wisconsin

Posted on October 1, 2015

Rose Mary Drab was born in southeastern Langlade County on April 23 of 1913. Her family had settled there the year before on a small farm south of Antigo. Originally named Drabowski, Rose Mary’s parents …

Posted in Home LifeTagged 1880s, 1890s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, Great Depression, Immigration, Langlade County, New Deal, Textiles
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