Trace the neighborhood's early community origins in Eastern Europe, explore some landmarks on the Lower East Side, and meet some of the leaders who stood on the frontlines. Discover the remarkable Jewish American struggle for women's rights, educational opportunity, labor rights, and economic equality that left a permanent mark on this city and country.   

Highlights:

• Visit the Museum at Eldridge’s Women’s Balcony to learn its history as a venue for activism, including the Kosher Meat Boycott of 1902.
• Stop by Seward Park, the first municipally built free playground in the United States and designed especially for the neighborhood’s children, the first generation to grow up in such crowded conditions.
• Learn the role that the Educational Alliance played in helping new and struggling immigrant families.
• Visit Straus Square, formerly Rutgers Square, which played a vital role for activists and demonstrations.

Image Credit: Mrs. Perlmutter and others arguing the price of meat. Courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.