Description: ""The House on Henry Street" is a critical exploration of the enduring life of a Lower East Side settlement"--
Brief description: Ellen M. Snyder-Grenier is a national-award-winning curator and writer, and principal of REW & Co. She has directed research projects, developed physical and digital exhibitions, and written on the history of New York City--as well the urban centers of Newark and Philadelphia--with a focus on social justice. The author of an award-winning history of Brooklyn, Snyder-Grenier is a Fellow of the New York Academy of History.
Review Quotes: "This wonderful history sets the House on Henry Street against the constantly changing backdrop of the Lower East Side. It explores how the settlement house movement reflected shifting ideas about poverty, disease, and opportunity even as it exposed the evolving realities of marginalization, survival, and engagement. We learn about the powerful and generous vision animating Lillian Wald and Henry Street's other leaders and supporters. Most of all this is a book about citizenship, about the way pioneering settlements like Henry Street advanced notions of an inclusive citizenship that recognized a full range of human talents and gifts, helping society accommodate to sometimes desperate newcomers while helping their clients navigate the strange and difficult circumstances of their new environments."--Morris Vogel, President, Lower East Side Tenement Museum