Knowing the segregation of blacks and immigrants in settlement houses almost completely implies that sexism also existed. The middle-class reformers who worked in these settlement houses were mostly women who stayed in the settlement house and worked to help the less fortunate. These women have become caregivers, teachers and health care providers for their community. There were many settlement houses founded by women, but some of the most popular are the Hull House founded by Jane Addams and Ellen Starr and the Henry Street Settlement in 1893 in New York by Lillian Wald (Women in the Progressive Era). Lillian Wald was a hard-working boss. Coming from a wealthy family and having attended nursing school, Wald became very interested in the poverty endured by new immigrants. He founded a settlement that grew to seven buildings. In her settlement she had many classes, clubs and other extracurricular activities to keep the minds of immigrants alive (Women in the Progressive Era). Since Wald was more interested in educating immigrants, Addams and Starr envisioned a different kind of education. In 1889, intending to bring the culture of the arts to immigrants, Ellen Starr and Jane Addams purchased an abandoned mansion (Kelland 783). Hull House provided services such as child supervision, education courses, employment agencies, public kitchens and even a library. According to Women in the Progressive Era, by Hull House's second year, they were catering to more than two thousand people a week. Just ten years after its founding, Hull House grew to include approximately 13 buildings, along with programs for working women, conference rooms, a gymnasium, and a swimming pool. Hull-House helped educate immigrants in the middle… middle of the paper… experiences with new immigrants influenced theories developed by academics in the fields of education, sociology, and social psychology. (Lissak 7)By 1910 there were more than 400 settlement houses. The Americanization of immigrants has been demonstrated through the many different programs and agreements (Daniels 419). Settlement houses today have changed names, most are called community centers, community houses or neighborhoods. They are still closely integrated into their communities and communicate a healthy lifestyle (Settlement House Movement). In the early 20th century most settlement houses were scattered across the northern and central-western areas. This movement rapidly expanded with the growing immigrant population. With the immigrant population growing so large, “settlement leaders sought to overcome the centrifugal forces of urban disintegration to restore order to a