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Lawrence Veiller was a Progressive Age social worker in New York City. He headed the Charity Organization Society of New York City (CSO). He is most famous for organizing the Tenement House Exhibition of 1900 to make people aware of the abhorent living conditions of the poor, hoping to effect change. The exhibit was held in a building on 5th Avenue for two weeks and opened the eyes of many affluent people and politicians. He is credited with bringing about change in the form of the New York Tenement House Act of 1901.

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