Hall (Family : Charles Mason Hall)
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Hall (Family : Charles Mason Hall)
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Hilda "Jane" Worthington Smith, labor educator, was born June 19, 1888, in New York City, first of three children of John Jewell and Mary Helen (Hall) Smith. The Smith family spent its summers in West Park, New York, where Hilda Worthington Smith was to found two resident workers' schools in the 1930s. The rest of the year was spent in their home near Central Park where Hilda Worthington Smith, her sister Helen Hall Smith (1892-1971), and brother Jewell Kellogg Smith (1890-1956) created an imaginary world described in her 1934 essay, "A Post Office in Fairyland."
Helen Hall Smith (1892-1971), sister of Hilda Worthington Smith, was in poor health during most of her childhood and adolescence. In 1917 she began working at the Spring Street Settlement (New York City) and Varick House, one of the early experiments in housing for women workers. Through an apprenticeship with the New York State Charities Aid, she was able to advance in the field of social work without a college degree. Most of her life was dedicated to helping dependent and neglected children. For a more complete biography of Helen Hall Smith see Helen Hall Smith: Her Book (#56v).
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