Julia Schoenfeld
Julia Schoenfeld (April 19, 1878 – ?) was a Jewish-American social worker, writer, and activist. During the period of her settlement work, Schoenfeld became interested in recreation for working girls, a subject on which she became a recognized authority. Her investigation of public dance halls in
New York City, undertaken in 1908 while she was secretary of the Committee on the Amusement Resources of Working Girls, was the basis for the model New York City ordinance regulating dance halls. Later, as secretary of the Playground and Recreation Association of America (now known as the
National Recreation and Park Association), she conducted dance hall investigations in
Boston, Massachusetts,
St. Joseph, Missouri,
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and
Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania.
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