Van Der Vaart, Harriet Eliza Merriam (1853-1935)

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Chicago Industrial Exhibit (1907)

WILPF International Summer School (1924)

Harriet Eliza Merriam Van Der Vaart and Anna Eliza Nicholes to Jane Addams, [May 1908]

Jane Addams and Harriet Eliza Merriam Van Der Vaart to Anita McCormick Blaine, April 1, 1909

Jane Addams and Harriet Eliza Merriam Van Der Vaart to Anita McCormick Blaine, October 23, 1910

Harriet Eliza Merriam Van Der Vaart to Jane Addams, July 13, 1923

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Birth Date

1853-04-24

Death Date

1935-07-16

Birthplace

Wisconsin

Biographical Text

Harriet M. Van Der Vaart was a child welfare activist. She worked with Jane Addams on various committees to protect children and research child labor. She published articles and books on her research. Van Der Vaart also opened Neighborhood House in Chicago, which Addams supported. Van Der Vaart died in 1936.

Occupation

Child welfare activist

Settlement house resident

Source

Image from: "The Best Woman in Chicago," Chicago Tribune, November 4, 1906, p. 60.

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People

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Rights

Public domain

Contributor

Hajo, Cathy Moran

Szydlik, Margaret

Bradley, Ed

Gender

Female

First appears

1904

Bibliography and Links

Caroline Williamson Montgomery, comp., Bibliography of College, Social, University, and Church Settlements, 4th ed. (New York: College Settlements Association, 1900, 18.

Chicago Tribune, 17 July 1935, page 14

Child labor and the republic

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“Van Der Vaart, Harriet Eliza Merriam (1853-1935),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed September 30, 2023, http://mail.digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/647.

Van Der Vaart, Harriet Eliza Merriam (1853-1935)

Item Relations

Chicago Industrial Exhibit (1907)

WILPF International Summer School (1924)

Harriet Eliza Merriam Van Der Vaart and Anna Eliza Nicholes to Jane Addams, [May 1908]

Jane Addams and Harriet Eliza Merriam Van Der Vaart to Anita McCormick Blaine, April 1, 1909

Jane Addams and Harriet Eliza Merriam Van Der Vaart to Anita McCormick Blaine, October 23, 1910

Harriet Eliza Merriam Van Der Vaart to Jane Addams, July 13, 1923

Speech to the League of Cook County Women's Clubs, November 15, 1902

Jane Addams to Anita McCormick Blaine, December 11, 1904

Testimony Before State Judicial Committee on Child Labor, April 13, 1905 (excerpts)

Jane Addams to Anita McCormick Blaine, October 30, 1905

Social Settlements in Illinois, January 25, 1906

Settlement Work, June 1, 1906 (excerpt)

Hull-House Year Book 1906-1907

Jane Addams to Anita McCormick Blaine, November 7, 1908

Jane Addams to Julius Rosenwald, March 28, 1912

Jane Addams to Sophia Heatly Dulles, April 7, 1924

Jane Addams to Ida Campbell Mott-Smith Lovett, July 7, 1924

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Report Fund Receipts, December 10, 1924

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