Wald, Minnie Schwarz (1842-1923)

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Henry Street Settlement

Mary Rozet Smith to Lillian D. Wald, ca. June [15-28?], 1904

Mary Rozet Smith to Lillian D. Wald, October 18, 1923

Jane Addams to Lillian D. Wald, December 1, 1923

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Birth Date

1842-06-03

Death Date

1923-11-30

Birthplace

Prussia, Germany

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Minnie Schwartz Wald was the mother of the social worker and activist, Lillian D. Wald. She was born in Prussia, Germany and immigrated to America in the mid-nineteenth century. She lived in Ohio for a brief time but spent most of her life in Rochester, New York, where she took care of her home and children while her husband ran the family's optics practice. In her later days, she lived in Manhattan, close to her daughter Lillian's Henry House Settlement.

Wald was married to Max D. Wald. The couple had four children together: Alfred, Julia, Lillian, and August. Wald died in 1928.