Born: March 10, 1867,
Cincinnati, Ohio
Died: September 1, 1940,
Westport, Connecticut
"You will be friend and sometimes social worker, as well. Most important, you will be a teacher ..."
--From Cherry Ames, Visiting Nurse, p. 37
Nurse and social worker Lillian Wald was a public health pioneer who founded the Henry Street Settlement.
Highlights
Lillian Wald trained as a nurse at New York Hospital in New York City.
She then studied to be a doctor at Women's Medical College in New York City, but left to live among the poor on New York's Lower East Side and to provide home nursing care to those in need.
She founded Henry Street Settlement for social work in 1893, later expanded to include public health nursing centers.
She worked for the establishment of the U.S Children's Bureau in 1912.
She served as president of the American Union Against Miltarism, speaking out against war, and as president of the National Organization of Public Health Nurses, the first professional association of public health workers.
Lillian Wald: Henry Street Founder
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