EVB2936703: Leaders of the American Settlement House movement, Jane Adams of Chicago and Lillian Wald of New York. 1916. Members of the movement often lived in 'settlement houses' in poor urban areas to offer services, education, and public health services to improve the life of the poor / Bridgeman Images
EVB2936719: Mexican-American workers on strike in California in 1933. Their sign reads, 'Disarm the rich farmers or arm the workers for self-defense.' Between 1933 and 1939, agricultural strikes would occur throughout California led by large numbers of Filipino and Mexican workers / Bridgeman Images
EVB2936725: Spanish-American women engaged in the yearly re-plastering an adobe house in Adobe, in Chamisal, New Mexico. Adobe homes, made of a combination of sand, soil, straw and water were adopted by the Spanish that settled the area in the 16th century. July 1940 photo by Russell Lee, Russell, Lee (1903-86) / Bridgeman Images