Social And Social Change In The 20th Century

"From the 1890s to the 1920s, an unprecedented amount of political, social and economic change was transforming the United states"(196 Nursing history 's great leader) These profound changes had lasting effect on the United states over the 20th century and into the millennium. The forces driving this changes included massive public outrage to the problems that accompanied industrialism, urbanization, immigration as well as promises ushered in by new advances in medicine and health care. For the first time in American history, women began to play a key role in driving changes in both private and public domains. In addition, the growing mistreatment of the poor and improvished immigrants, who flocked to the shores of United States raised mounting anger which factored into this revolution. "Simultaneously, their was a growing concern form the American elite that those living in poverty could spread diseases endemic in poor neighborhoods to anyone of any class." (nursing history )This transformation brought forth revolutionary social activists uniquely motivated to changing the role the government in supporting its citizens. Such roles included creating better

(add more about how she hired nurses) and (highered black nurces contributiion to social changes by providing black nurses with same pa) In this space, the Henry Sreet Visiting Nurse Service evolved to eventually be called the Henery street Nurse Settlement " (201)

The Henery Street Nursing settlement was an independet nursing service that adressed the population 's health need through Social, economic and eviromenal determinats. The nurses aided with educating families about communicable diseases, transmitssion, as well as the importance of hygine. They provided the community with preventative and long term care. This later came to be known as Visiting Nurse Associationof New York