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From charity to social work : Mary E. Richmond and the creation of an American profession Elizabeth N. Agnew
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Biog. HV 40.32 .R55 A36 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Agnew, Elizabeth N.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Richmond, Mary Ellen, 1861-1928.
- Richmond, Mary Ellen.
- Women social workers--United States--Biography.
- Women social workers.
- Women social reformers--United States--Biography.
- Women social reformers.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 288 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Other Title:
- Mary E. Richmond and the creation of an American profession
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana, [Ill.] : University of Illinois Press, c2004.
- Contents:
- A craving for friendship
- Literature, the social gospel, and the work of charity
- Organized charity, friendly visiting, and the social settlements
- Families and the circle of reform
- Shaping a civic profession
- A profession in transition : social work in the great war and beyond
- Conclusion : a pioneer and her legacy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-278) and index.
- Local Notes:
- HSP credit line -- Records of the Philadelphia Society for Organizing Charity (Coll. # 1961).
- ISBN:
- 0252028759 (alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 51848398
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