Lillie M. Peck

Lillie M. Peck
Lillie M. Peck, from the 1913 yearbook of Simmons College
BornDecember 1888 (1888-12)
Gloversville, New York, U.S.
DiedFebruary 21, 1957(1957-02-21) (aged 68)
New York, New York, U.S.
OccupationsSocial worker, settlement movement leader

Lillie Marion Peck (December 28, 1888 – February 21, 1957) was an American social worker and leader in the settlement movement. She was an organizer and honorary president of the International Federation of Settlements, founded in 1922, and executive secretary of the National Federation of Settlements from 1934 to 1947.

Early life and education

Peck was born in Gloversville, New York,[1][2] the daughter of Adolph L. Peck and Clara Sperling Peck.[3] Her mother was born in Germany.[4] Her father, who was born in Vienna, was a professor and a librarian.[5] She graduated from Simmons College in 1913.[6][7]

Career

After college, Peck worked a secretary of the Boston Social Union, where she became assistant head resident in 1928. In the mid-1920s she spent two years traveling in Europe, visiting settlement houses in England, France, Austria, Germany, and Scandinavia. She was an organizer and honorary president of the International Federation of Settlements, founded in 1922, and executive secretary of the National Federation of Settlements from 1934[8] to 1947.[9][10][11] In 1944 she signed the National Child Labor Committee's statement against wartime child labor exploitation.[12] In 1952 she was appointed by the International Federation of Settlements as a delegate to UNESCO.[1][13]

Publications

  • "The Soziale Arbeitsgemeinschaft" (1928)[14]
  • "A Few Impressions by a Settlement Worker" (1937)[15]
  • "Settlements" (1943)[16]

Personal life

Peck lived and worked at the Henry Street Settlement in New York City from 1933 until her death in 1957. She died in 1957, at the age of 68, in New York City.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Lillie Peck Dead; Social Worker, 68; Secretary of Settlement Federation Here Served as U.N. Council Delegate Traveled on Fellowship Spent Year in Bremen". The New York Times. 1957-02-22. p. 21. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-06-24.
  2. ↑ "Lillie M. Peck Dies After Long Illness". The Times Record. 1957-02-22. p. 9. Retrieved 2026-06-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Miss Peck, Ex-Librarian, Dies at 90". The Troy Record. 1969-05-16. p. 17. Retrieved 2026-06-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ 1900 and 1910 United States censuses, via Ancestry.
  5. ↑ "Gloversville Public Library". New York Heritage. Retrieved 2026-06-24.
  6. ↑ Simmons College, Microcosm (1913 yearbook).
  7. ↑ "College Notes and News". The Simmons Quarterly. 3 (4): 17. June 1913.
  8. ↑ Woods, Robert Archey (1922). The Settlement Horizon. Transaction Publishers. pp. xx.
  9. ↑ "Lillie M. Peck, 1889-1957". Social Service Review. 31 (2): 217–218. June 1957. doi:10.1086/640247.
  10. ↑ National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers records, Social Welfare History Archives, University of Minnesota.
  11. ↑ "Fear Relief Crisis May Sweep Nation; Experts in Reply to Survey of Question Say Local Communities Cannot Bear Burden". The New York Times. 1936-01-12. p. 88. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-06-24.
  12. ↑ "Child Labor Curbs Urged in Program; Leaders in Education, Health and Social Service Seek End of Wartime Abuses". The New York Times. 1944-01-03. p. 18. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-06-24.
  13. ↑ Imel, Susan; Bersch, Gretchen T. (2014-12-03). No Small Lives: Handbook of North American Early Women Adult Educators, 1925-1950. Emerald Group Publishing. ISBN 978-1-80661-181-2.
  14. ↑ Peck, Lillie M. (January 1928). "The Soziale Arbeitsgemeinschaft". Neighborhood: A Settlement Quarterly: 14–22.
  15. ↑ Peck, Lillie M. (December 1937). "A Few Impressions, by a Settlement Worker". Recreation. 31 (9): 557.
  16. ↑ Peck, Lillie M. "Settlements." Social Work Year Book (1943): 472-478.
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