Coit, Stanton (1857-1944)

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University Settlement (New York, NY)

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Birth Date

1857-08-11

Death Date

1944-02-15

Birthplace

Columbus, OH

Biographical Text

In 1886, Coit founded the Neighborhood Guild, a settlement house in New York City, now known as University Settlement House. He was, as was Addams, inspired by visiting Toynbee Hall for a 3 month period.

Coit was also interested in the "Ethical Movement" in England, where he lived most of his life. Funded mostly by his wife's, Fanny Adela Wetzlar's fortune, Coit purchased a former Methodist Church on Queen's Road in London and transformed it into an Ethical Church. He founded and became the president of the West London Ethical Society, began the journal The Ethical World, and often preached at the church he established. After his retirement, his youngest daughter, Virginia Coit, took over many of his responsibilities at the establishment, including becoming an ordained minister.

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“Coit, Stanton (1857-1944),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed July 27, 2024, https://mail.digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/24.

Coit, Stanton (1857-1944)

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University Settlement (New York, NY)

Richard Theodore Ely to Jane Addams, January [11-30?], 1901

Jane Addams to Richard Theodore Ely, January 10, 1901

Meyer Bloomfield to Jane Addams, May 23, 1901

Address to the University Settlement, March 21, 1903

William Mackintire Salter to Jane Addams, December 19, 1909

Interview at the National Conference of Charities and Corrections, May 22, 1910

Address to the University Settlement of New York, December 7, 1911

Jane Addams to Catharine Waugh McCulloch, December 11, 1911

Adela Isabel Coit to Jane Addams, October 14, 1912

Fanny Adela Wetzlar Coit to Jane Addams, May 11, 1915

Fanny Adela Wetzler Coit to Jane Addams, April 29, 1920

Adela Isabel Coit to Jane Addams, December 12, 1926

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