Settlement houses avoided the condescension and moral disapproval of earlier philanthropists. Young, mostly unmarried women were important participants to the settlement house movement. The close and well-tended buildings that settlement houses created were not only a model for immigrant women but an appropriate work site for elite women as well. Settlement houses helped create another important element of progressive reform: the profession of social work. Universities and colleges created social work programs, partly in response to the settlement houses. Haves Society Have Nots Social Darwinism Intelligence Social Gospel (Reform Darwinism) Education Get what you deserve Motivation/Determination Help Thy Neighbor (via gov’t) Common Sense Herbert Spencer Washington Gladden/minister philosopher/Darwinist Common Values Common Goals Walter Rauschenbusch/minister William Graham Sumner sociologist *Andrew Carnegie Lester Frank Ward/sociologist Russell H. Conwell/ minister Horatio Alger minister/writer The Allure of Progressives involved in humanitarian efforts placed high Expertise value on knowledge and expertise. Even nonscientific problems, they believed, could be solved scientifically Proposed a new economic system in which power would reside in the hands of highly trained engineers.
Settlement houses avoided the condescension and moral disapproval of earlier philanthropists. Young, mostly unmarried women were important participants to the settlement house movement. The close and well-tended buildings that settlement houses created were not only a model for immigrant women but an appropriate work site for elite women as well. Settlement houses helped create another important element of progressive reform: the profession of social work. Universities and colleges created social work programs, partly in response to the settlement houses. Haves Society Have Nots Social Darwinism Get what you deserve Herbert Spencer philosopher/Darwinist William Graham Sumner sociologist Russell H. Conwell/ minister Horatio Alger minister/writer Intelligence Education Motivation/Determination Common Sense Common Values Common Goals *Andrew Carnegie Social Gospel (Reform Darwinism) Help Thy Neighbor (via gov’t) Washington Gladden/minister Walter Rauschenbusch/minister Lester Frank Ward/sociologist The Allure of Expertise Progressives involved in humanitarian efforts placed high value on knowledge and expertise. Even nonscientific problems, they believed, could be solved scientifically Proposed a new economic system in which power would reside in the hands of highly trained engineers.
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