A letter from a woman who came to Onward House in West Town for support over 80 years ago during the great depression.
From the Archives: 1920s Service Log
Onward Neighborhood House was an early adopter of social services practices pioneered in the late 1800s by Jane Addams. As an original settlement souse, Onward House provided classes, room and board, job training, clubs for young children, and even medical care to new European immigrants and low-income Chicagoans.