Helen Hall (1892-1982): A Second Generation Settlement Leader

Authors

Janice Andrews, University of St. Thomas

Abstract

Helen Hall, settlement leader and second generation social worker, was a prominent social reformer for over fifty years. Her professional life spanned a period of early social work where her activities occurred along side those of first generation social workers, and continued through the depression, the war years, into the 1950s and the settlement movement's increasing attention to juvenile delinquency, and finally into the turbulent 1960s when her activities overlapped the modern generation of social workers. Despite her widespread work in national affairs and neighborhood concerns, her leadership in the National Federation of Settlement, her extensive writings and studies, Hall has not received appropriate attention from those who study the past. This paper explores the significant contributions she made to the field of social welfare.

Recommended Citation

Andrews, Janice (1992) "Helen Hall (1892-1982): A Second Generation Settlement Leader," The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare: Vol. 19: Iss. 2, Article 8.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15453/0191-5096.2023
Available at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/jssw/vol19/iss2/8