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Wisdom, Justice and Charity : Canadian Social Welfare through the Life of Jane B. Wisdom, 1884-1975 / Suzanne Morton.
De Gruyter University of Toronto Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morton, Suzanne, 1961- author.
- Series:
- Studies in gender and history.
- Studies in gender and history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wisdom, Jane B., 1884-1975.
- Wisdom, Jane B.
- Social service--Canada--History--20th century.
- Social service.
- Social workers--Canada--Biography.
- Social workers.
- Canada.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (328 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In Wisdom, Justice, and Charity, historian Suzanne Morton uses Jane B. Wisdom's professional life to explore how the welfare state was built from the ground up by thousands of pragmatic and action-oriented social workers.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Chapter One
- Saint John: Religion, Philanthropy and the Poor Law, 1884-1909
- Chapter Two
- McGill: The Ethos of Female Service, 1903-1911
- Chapter Three
- Montreal: Charity, Social Service and Philanthropy, 1903-1912
- Chapter Four
- New York City: Private Agency Work, 1910-1916
- Chapter Five
- Halifax: Bureaucratization, Emergencies and the Progressive State, 1916-21
- Chapter Six
- Montreal and Cape Breton: Social Work Training and Professionalization, 1921-1939
- Chapter Seven
- The Women's Directory of Montreal and Private Agency Work, 1923-1939
- Chapter Eight
- Glace Bay: Exploring Public Welfare, 1940-1952
- Conclusion
- Sutherland's River, 1952-1975.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Jul 2018)
- ISBN:
- 1-4426-6646-3
- 1-4426-6645-5
- OCLC:
- 887634645
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