College Settlements Association

College Settlements Association
FormationFebruary, 1890
Founder
TypeNonprofit
PurposeSupport and control of college settlements for women
Region served
East Coast U.S.
Subsidiaries

The College Settlements Association (CSA) was an American organization founded during the settlement movement era which provided support and control of college settlements for women. Organized February 1890, it was incorporated on January 5, 1894.[1] The settlement houses were established by college women, were controlled by college women, and had a majority of college women as residents.[2] The CSA was devised to unite college women in the trend of a modern movement, to touch them with a common sympathy, and to inspire them with a common ideal. It was believed that young students should be quickened in their years of vague aspiration and purely speculative energy by possessing a share in this broad practical work.[1]

  1. ^ a b Woods, Robert Archey; Kennedy, Albert Joseph (1911). Handbook of Settlements (Public domain ed.). Charities Publication Committee. pp. 2–4. Retrieved 19 April 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ Bliss, William Dwight Porter (1897). "The College Settlement ASsociation, by Caroline Williamson Montgomery". The Encyclopedia of Social Reform (Public domain ed.). Funk & Wagnells Company. p. 1418. Retrieved 19 April 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.