Lea Taylor papers, 1901-1967.

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Lea Taylor papers, 1901-1967.

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Correspondence, minutes, financial and statistical records, articles, sociological studies, arrangements for speaking engagements, and other papers of Lea Taylor, relating to her career as a social worker and head resident of the Chicago Commons settlement house, founded by her father Graham Taylor. Topics include schools, housing, racial discrimination in housing and other areas, employment problems, child care, child labor, juvenile delinquency, and prohibition of the sale of alcoholic beverages. Includes records of the Chicago Commission on Human Relations (1944-59), Chicago Federation of Settlements (1917-59), Chicago Recreation Commission (1926-55), Citizens Schools Committee (1936-62), National Federation of Settlements (1901-61), Wider Use of the School Plant Committee (1910-50), and various other organizations.

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Chicago Commission on Human Relations.

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National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers

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The National Federation of Settlements (NFS) was founded in 1911 by leaders in the settlement house movement, including Jane Addams, Graham Taylor, and Robert A. Woods. The NFS was a social welfare organization devoted to the promotion and improvement of the settlement movement throughout the United States. The social settlement was based on the idea that those who wanted to help the poor would live ("settle") in the neighborhoods that they hoped to improve, often in a building purchased or dona...

Chicago Recreation Commission

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Chicago Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers.

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Chicago Commons Association

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The Chicago Commons was founded in 1894 by Graham Taylor at 140 N. Union Street; incorporated in 1895; moved to Grand Avenue and Morgan Street in 1901; established Farm Camp near New Buffalo, Michigan, in 1923. In later years, it became the Chicago Commons Association through mergers with Emerson House, 645 N. Wood Street, in 1948; headquarters moved to Taylor House, 915 N. Wolcott Avenue, in 1958; opened Jackie Robinson House in the Henry Horner Homes (Chicago Housing Authority), 124 N. Hoyne A...

Chicago Commons (Chicago, Ill.)

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Citizens Schools Committee (Chicago, Ill.)

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Taylor, Lea Demarest, 1883-1975.

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Lea Demarest Taylor was Head Resident of the Chicago Commons settlement house and daughter of its founder, Graham Taylor. Lea Taylor grew up at Chicago Commons and was a full resident from the age of 16. She was president of the Chicago Federation of Settlements from 1930 to 1934 and again from 1950 to 1952. She was a member of the Women's Trade Union League and chair of the Cotton Dress Industry Wage Board, which created minimum wage legislation for the female-dominated industry. She served as ...