White Shield Home Faces Financial Crisis
The social service agency, currently housing 17 young women, launches a public appeal after being denied state funding.
The White Shield Home in South Tacoma, which failed to receive a state appropriation, will make a general appeal to the public for funds to be used in the maintenance of the home. Mrs. Laura M. Sheppard, chairman of the soliciting committee, commenced today to solicit subscriptions. There are at present 17 unfortunate girls in the home.
“The White Shield Home... which failed to receive a state appropriation, will make a general appeal to the public for funds.”
The history of the White Shield Home reflects the era's reliance on private charity to fill the gaps in public social safety nets. Such institutions were often the only recourse for women labeled as 'unfortunate,' a catch-all term that often hid systemic social failures similar to those Tacoma's modern homeless and youth shelters face today.
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