Public School Programs
"The state recognizes its responsibility for the development of citizens. To meet this responsibility, the school is its most efficient agency."
Lillian Wald, Annals of the American Academy of Political Science
Lillian Wald, Annals of the American Academy of Political Science
Elizabeth Farrell
Source: CEC, Year Unknown
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In 1900, Lillian Wald convinced the New York City Board of Education to hire Elizabeth Farrell to teach special education classes to children with learning disabilities.
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Lillian Wald also believed that all public schools should provide school nurses. She succeeded in having Lina L. Rogers, a Henry Street Nurse, as the first hired public school nurse in New York City.
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Lina L. Rogers
Source: Working Nurse, Year Unknown
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Lillian Wald supported the establishment of a system of school luncheons, The New York Times June 12, 1908
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"It is a serious loss to the individual child to have 'free food kitchen' associated with the school. His most precious gift, if foreign born, is the absence of class distinction in the public school—the stronghold of democracy."
Lillian Wald, Charities and the Commons: The Official Organ of the Charity Organization Society of the City of New York |