German Settlers in America

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Not all men or women, did well economically, and women in particular suffered from financial distress and insecurity. In this case, most charitable events and organizations are founded to alleviate the suffering of women. The widespread involvement of women in charitable work in America may have been a characteristic way that women were not allowed to do so in Europe(Diner). American women in this period, immigrants from various parts of Central Europe, created a wide range of charitable organizations, and funded and operated them as well, such as orphanages, day nurseries, maternity hospitals, soup kitchens, shelters for widows, and so on. The origins of the wide range of associational activities of immigrant women in mid-nineteenth-century America finally became the migration experience itself. The immigrants had to make a fresh start by creating communities. Without the support of parents and other family members, they were forced to create new kinds of institutions to cope with the problems engendered by their immigration(Diner).

As the majority known, the United Stated is called “melting pot”, which presents that all the culture brought by citizens from diverse countries mix together. German immigrant has once become the largest population of immigrants in American. Undoubtedly, German settlers brought their culture and ideas to the U.S.

Work Cited

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"German Immigration." U.S. Immigration and Migration Reference Library. Ed. Lawrence W. Baker, et al. Vol. 1: Vol. 1: Almanac. Detroit: UXL, 2004. 221-246. U.S. History in Context. Web. 7 Sept. 2016.

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