PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Joyce Milambiling is a writer and educator with a PhD in Applied Linguistics, who has enjoyed a long career teaching foreign language and ESL teachers in New York and Iowa. She is a seasoned traveler fascinated by the complexities of history and culture. A member of the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians and the New York Historical Society, her articles have appeared in Academe, English Teaching Forum, and Theory into Practice.
"""“More than just the history of one building or organization, Skyscraper Settlement provides an engaging examination of a profoundly important movement – largely shaped by women – that offers a hopeful message for today. Christodora's evolution from its founding in 1897 shows how flexibility and practical idealism can produce powerful change for the common good. Milambiling's enthusiasm is palpable as she sets the scene with tales of her archival sleuthing and insights gained from the words of the women who created this remarkable organization . . . This book is an inspiring read for those who seek a caring society founded on nonprofit innovation partnered with effective service delivery by the government.”"" -- Sarah Peskin * Board Chair, the Frances Perkins Center * ""“A creative and illuminating synthesis of local and large-scale history. It masterfully fuses a fascinating account of a settlement house in New York’s Lower East Side, from its founding by two young middle-class women in 1897 to the present, into a wider inquiry on urbanization, migration, progressivist ideology, religion-based philanthropy, and inter-class and ethnic encounters. In the process, the author fittingly pays tribute to forgotten individuals who, regardless of the prejudices of their times, devoted much of their lives to helping others.”"" -- José C. Moya * Professor of History, Barnard College; Director, the Forum on Migration * ""I recommend the book for undergraduate and graduate courses in urban affairs, urban planning, public policy, and social work and for practitioners in those professions."" -- Barbara Levy Simon * Journal of Urban Affairs *"
