An Immigrant Neighborhood: Interethnic and Interracial Encounters in New York before 1930

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Index Page numbers followed by the letter f refer to figures. Abie’s Irish Rose (Anne Nichols), 9–10, 50 Adler, Felix, 49, 112, 142; and the Ethical Cultural Movement, 187n58 African Americans and migration from the South: migration within New York City, 45, 186n47; and segregation, 46 African Burial Ground, 86, 88 Anti-prostitution movement (nineteenth century), 108–109; and missionaries, 108; and white slavery, 121–127 Assimilation, 49; and the melting pot theory, 152–153; and religion, 170; in settlement houses and missions, 138 Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man (James Weldon Johnson), 63 Baciagalupo, Charles, 95, 97, 98, 101 Baciagalupo, Eugene, 98, 199n80 Baldwin, Ruth (née Bowles), and Committee of Fourteen, 130–131, 132, 205n66 Baldwin, William H., Jr., 112, 117 (see also Committee of Fifteen); and Tuskegee Institute, 130 Banta, Mary E., 212n93; and anti-prostitution , 162–163; childhood and education of, 162; criticisms of, 148, 164; and Morningstar Baptist Mission; and True Light Mission, 148 Beck, Louis J., 83, 84, 90, 189n13 Bettelheim, Rebekah, 149 Betts, Lillian W., 6 Bird, Sara J.: and the Gospel Settlement, 109, 147; and undercover activities, 135 Boardman, Annette, 159 Boardman, Clemence, 159, 160, 161 Bowles, Ruth, 130–131, 132, 205n66 Brewster, Mary, 80, 165 Brooklyn Bridge as symbol of connection and separation, 46, 47 Brugger, Florence, 164 Buonocore, Frank, 66 Cable Act (1922), 40 Cahan, Abraham, 11–12, 98 Carson, Sarah Libby, 140, 141, 142–143, 144 Chinatown and Bowery Rescue Settlement for Girls, 158, 159–161 Chinese Benevolent Society (CBS), 43–44, 164 Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA), 46, 54, 60, 73, 189n13; and funerals, 90–91 240 | index Chinese Exclusion Act (1882), 40; case files, 55, 56, 71; and citizenship, 46; and labor classifications, 55, 189n13; repeal of (1943), 46, 100 Christodora House, 125f; and assimilationist vision, 140, 145, 146; civic values of, 155–156; criticisms of, 147–148; establishment of, 140–142; evangelical character of, 139, 140, 143–144, 146, 177; and race/ethnic and class relations, 146–147, 153; and radical politics, 154, 155–156 Clara de Hirsch Home for Working Girls, 127–128 Clark, Helen F., 161; and Morning Star Baptist Mission, 162, 163 Cohen, Rose (née Gollup), 12, 22, 165–166 Committee of Fifteen, 75; and coalition building, 113, 115; founding of, 106; leadership of, 112; and neighborhood relations, 116, 119; and The Social Evil, 128 Committee of Fourteen, 106; leadership of, 130–131; methods of, 129–131, 134; objectives of, 128–129; and The Social Evil in New York City: A Study of Law Enforcement (1910), 133 Coppola, Dominick, 66–67, 191n44 Coppola, Louis, 66 Crenshaw, Kimberlé, on intersectionality, 15 Curry, Rev. James B., 147–148; on evangelicalism , 148; on female missionaries, 148 Davenport, Charles B., on eugenics, 106 The Doctor and the Devil (Charles W. Gardner), 109 Eating establishments, 61: Chinese eating establishments, representations of, 62–64; as interracial and interethnic spaces, 64–65 Edson, Dr. Cyrus, 81, 194n10 European Jews: migration of within New York City, 46–47; representations of, 81 Eutemey, Bert V., 29, 42, 43, 44–45, 47, 100 Eutemey, Enos, 42, 43, 44, 45–46; and undertaking business, 46 Eutemey, Louise (née Holmes), 29, 42, 44–45 Foster, George G. (New York by Gas-Light), 107 Funerals: Chinese funerals, descriptions of, 88–90, 197n47; Irish, 96; Jewish, 98–100 Gardener, Charles W., 109–111; The Doctor and the Devil, 109 Gender: and employment patterns, 55, 58; and “Ghetto Girls,” 9; and new womanhood , 175 Gollup, Rose, 12, 22, 165–166 Grant, Madison; on immigration, 24, 152; on interethnic mixing, 6; Passing of the Great Race, 6 Gross, Celia (née Rich), 48 Gross, Ethel. See Hopkins, Ethel (née Gross) Hart, Margaret, 37, 39–40, 47–48, 123f, 189n19 Hawthorne, Nathaniel (“My Kinsman, Major Molineaux”), 107 The History of Prostitution (William W. Sanger), 108 Holmes, Louise, 29, 42, 44–45 Hopkins, Ethel (née Gross): and assimilation , 152–154, 175–176; at Christodora House, 48, 138–140, 149–150, 170; courtship and marriage of, 49, 52, 138; divorce of, 52; and Equal Franchise Society, 150; family and childhood, 48; on intermarriage, 50, 51–52; married life of, 49, 152; and new womanhood, 151; and Women’s Political Union, 151 Hopkins, Harry: and career in FDR administration , 51; education and social work career of, 49; on marriage to Ethel Gross, 50, 51, 52; and Midwestern roots, 48– 49 Hurley, Johanna, 2–3 Immigration: of Chinese, 33, 37; of European Jews, 48; of Irish, 37; of...