Junior League for the Promotion of Settlement Movements

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The Junior League for the Promotion of Settlement Movements was an early 20th-century volunteer organization of young women dedicated to supporting social reform and community service through settlement house work.

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instanceOf settlement movement organization
social reform organization
volunteer organization
women’s organization
activity settlement house work
volunteer work
composition volunteer members
field community service
social reform
focus improvement of living conditions in poor neighborhoods
urban social problems
genderFocus young women
historicalContext Progressive Era social reform in the United States
ideology social welfare reform
membership young women volunteers
method direct service in settlement houses
organized volunteerism
movement settlement movement
purpose promote settlement house work
support community service
support social reform
sector nonprofit sector
targetPopulation low-income urban communities
residents of settlement house neighborhoods
temporalFocus early 20th century

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Mary Harriman Rumsey founded Junior League for the Promotion of Settlement Movements