Thursday, April 20, 2017
Russell Sage Foundation Celebrates 110th Anniversary
April 19, 2017, marks the 110th anniversary of the founding of the Russell Sage Foundation by Mrs. Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage (1828–1918), the widow of railroad magnate and financier Russell Sage. Mrs. Sage established the foundation in 1907 for “the improvement of social and living conditions in the United States” with a gift of $10 million.
In its early years, RSF undertook major projects in low-income housing, urban planning, social work, and labor reform, including the influential Pittsburgh Survey, the first major study of the employment and living conditions among the working class in a large U.S. city...