tenement life in the early 20 th century background to maggie: a girl of the streets
Post on 19-Dec-2015
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Massive Overcrowding
The Council survey revealed that 495,592 people more than half the entire population of the City - lived in tenements.
On the Lower East Side, the numbers worked out to 240,000 people to the square-mile.
Resources used
thehistorybox.com/ny_city/tenement_life_nycity.html
www.maggieblanck.com/NewYork/Life.html
http://www.thirteen.org/tenement/eagle.html