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A slumless America : Mary K. Simkhovitch and the dream of affordable housing /

Betty Boyd Caroli's biography of Mary Kingsbury Simkhovitch is a full-length work on a seminal figure in the settlement house movement, which spearheaded efforts to improve the life of immigrants and to counter urban squalor in cities around America in the early 19th century.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Caroli, Betty Boyd (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Subjects:
Simkhovitch, Mary K. > (Mary Kingsbury), > 1867-1951.
City planners > United States > Biography.
City planning > United States > History > 20th century.
Housing > United States > History > 20th century.
Women city planners > United States > Biography.
Urbanistes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Femmes urbanistes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Biography
City planners
City planning > History.
Housing > History.
Women city planners
United States
Biography & non-fiction prose.
Biography.
1900-1999
Electronic books.
Biographies
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Betty Boyd Caroli's biography of Mary Kingsbury Simkhovitch is a full-length work on a seminal figure in the settlement house movement, which spearheaded efforts to improve the life of immigrants and to counter urban squalor in cities around America in the early 19th century.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations.
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780197793831
0197793835