Tenement+Life

__**Biography of Jacob** **Riis** __ Teresa Lesenko Jacob Riiswas born on May 3, 1849 in Ribe, Denmark. Riis emigrated to America in 1870 and often had to sleep in police station lodging houses because he could not find work. Eventually he found work in New York with the New York Tribune as a police reporter. He saw this job as an advantage to help get the word out about the harsh living conditions of the poor. In addition to his writings, Riid also took pictures showing the horrible conditions that the poor lived on a daily basis.His works became very popular and helped trigger interest to reform to as far as Theodor Roosevelt. Jacob would even take Roosevelt to tenement streets to see the horrors first hand.Jacob riis went on to write many books throughot his life until he died on May 26, 1914 in Barrie, Massachusetts.

Kelsey Klientz
 * __Pictures of Lifes in Tenements__**

Christie Martin
 * __Article on the living conditions in a tenement on the lower East Side in the late 1800s__**

__**Bibliography**__ Katie Colbridge [] [] [] []