SETTLEMENT HOUSES Definition & Meaning

settlement houses

Social and cultural centers established by reformers in slum areas of American cities during the 1890s and the early 1900s. Jane Addams founded the most famous settlement house, in Chicago . ( See Progressive movement .)

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Settlement houses attracted idealistic college graduates eager to learn how the poor lived and to improve the condition of the poor.

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The Bank of England said on Tuesday it was considering a set of "fundamental rules" for securities and derivatives clearing and settlement houses as it revamps UK regulation post-Brexit.

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The Bank of England said on Tuesday it was considering a set of "fundamental rules" for securities and derivatives clearing and settlement houses as it revamps UK regulation post-Brexit.

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The Bank of England said on Tuesday it was considering a set of "fundamental rules" for securities and derivatives clearing and settlement houses as it revamps UK regulation post-Brexit.

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Bankers says that moving to T+1 in Europe will be more complex than in the United States given the significantly greater number of exchanges, clearers, and settlement houses in Europe.

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Securities settlement houses in the EU will not be allowed to serve Russian counterparties.

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