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 adapter to the field of social services pioneered in the 1800s by Jane Adams. As an original Settlement House, 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.