What Ed Geffner, Executive Director of The Manhattan Bowery project and of Project Renewal wrote: Joan Roth was a pioneer in uncovering the problem of homelessness among women.She photographed and interviewed many women living on the streets when there was little interest and virtually no understanding of what was happening ot these women and compiled invaluable information about the way they live and how some of them become homeless.Her work called public attention to what turned out to bean important, ongoing social problem. And, I add, today in NYC there are more homeless people than ever before - more even than during the great depression.
