Tag Archives: poverty
Remedy for Poverty
Ever wondered how the need for an increased police force intensified? Or how cities gained the access to “a more liberal use of water (Chudacoff, 55)? Or maybe even how public education evolved and expanded? Due to the rapid increase … Continue reading
Opinioned sources on Five Points- Lack of “Penance” or “Patronage”?
Church Monthly, March 1858, (as quoted in Monthly Record of the Five Points House of Industry 2, June 1858, pgs 34-35. “The most notorious precinct of moral leprosy in the city, … a perfect hot-bed of physical and moral pestilence, … Continue reading
Education…Poverty’s Solution? Maybe Not
Building penitentiaries, asylums, almshouses and correction houses was apparently not enough to eradicate the rampant rate of criminal activities and poverty in the 1820’s. Politicians, humanitarians and educators endeavor towards enhancing the educational system, which according to them “was an … Continue reading