Anne Steytler - Knowledge (XXG)

240:. As Berliner and Steytler became more familiar with the number of women and children affected by these crimes, they established and operated a telephone hotline to provide victims with a safe way of requesting help. Their initiatives were subsequently used as models for the launch of similar centers and programs by other civic leaders across the nation. From 1975 through 1977, their program provided housing assistance to five hundred and twenty-eight women and three hundred and eleven children. More than fifty percent of those women and children had experienced domestic violence. 251:, and the Pittsburgh Foundation, as well as individual donations from area residents. That year, the center's hotline averaged roughly seventy-five calls daily. By 1992, the center employed a staff of thirty-five and had an operating budget of $ 1.5 million. That year, more than twelve thousand calls for assistance were made to the center's hotline. In 1993, more than seven hundred women and children were housed by the center's shelter. 225:, where they established their first shelter. That shelter initially offered safety for up to six women at a time, and cost roughly two thousand dollars per year to operate. As word of their efforts spread, they began receiving pledges of financial support from area residents, which quickly reached roughly four hundred dollars per month. The Women's Center & Shelter of Pittsburgh was officially incorporated in April 1974. 217:. Using their own money to establish the center, their first planning meeting was held in Berliner's living room. They subsequently rented a small storefront location on West Liberty Avenue in order to open a crisis center for women and children experiencing domestic violence and then secured a $ 5,000 grant from the 280:

In 1982, Steytler and Berliner expanded their anti-domestic violence work by developing educational outreach programs for, and lobbying on behalf of, the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Violence. In 1983, they lobbied local and state officials for stronger legal reporting requirements in

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during the last decade of her life, Anne Steytler died from complications related to that disease on September 13, 2010. She was eighty-nine years old. Her memorial service was held at the Sunnyhill Church in Mt. Lebanon on October 9 of that same year.

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cases and protective services funding for victims of mental and physical abuse. They also planned and implemented the National Day of Unity in October 1982 to commemorate the deaths of women who were killed in domestic violence-related incidents.

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response and prevention centers in the United States, the Women's Center helped to pave the way for the creation of similar help centers in every state across the nation by piloting programs and services to help women and children affected by

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while educating government, law enforcement, medical professionals, and the general public about the causes and impact of such violence and potential ways to interrupt and prevent

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in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania (also known as the Sunnyhill Church), she officiated at wedding ceremonies there with her longtime friend, Bea Carter, and remained active with the

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She was preceded in death by her husband, Edmund, who died from pneumonia at the age of seventy-six on May 26, 1998, at the Forbes Nursing Center in East Liberty.

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response and prevention centers ever created in the United States, the center pioneered programs that helped women and children survive, escape and heal from the

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Also during this same period, Steytler and the Berliner family were part of a group of fifty parents, students and other community members who filed suit in the

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During the early 1970s, Steytler provided marriage counseling services to adults in the Greater Pittsburgh area. She also collaborated with

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chapter and as secretary of that board during the early 1980s. In 1984, she was a consultant to the Parent & Child Guidance Center in

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In 2004, she was presented with the Benjamin Rush Award for her contributions to society and the field of social work.

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Still active as a practicing social worker during her early seventies, Steytler also continued to be an advocate for

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After completing her master's degree in social work and relocating to Pennsylvania, Steytler embarked on a career in

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Following her early professional years as a teacher and brief residencies in North Carolina, Kentucky, Virginia, and

120:(1921–2010) was an American activist and feminist who became known for her pioneering social justice work. She and 243:

By 1979, the center had a yearly budget of $ 160,000, which was funded by grants from the federal government, the

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Humanitarian of the Year Award (with Ellen Berliner), Greater Pittsburgh Unitarian Universalist Council, 1983;

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Park, "Ellen Berliner: Founder of Women's Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh,"

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Park, "Ellen Berliner: Founder of Women's Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh,"

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with her husband, Edmund Steytler, a professor of history at Point Park College (now

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Steytler was the recipient of multiple awards during her lifetime, including the:

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Ellen Berliner: Founder of Women's Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh

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Board of Public Assistance, the Attorney Generals Public Health Trust, the

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Schackner, "Edmund Steytler: Popular Point Park history professor,"

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These finalists quietly make a difference in their neighbors' lives

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