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Author Agnew, Elizabeth N.

Title From charity to social work : Mary E. Richmond and the creation of an American profession / Elizabeth N. Agnew.

Imprint Urbana, [Ill.] : University of Illinois Press, c2004.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Kansas Collection  360 R415Ba 2004    ---  Lib Use Only
Description xi, 288 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-278) and index.
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.
Subject Richmond, Mary Ellen, 1861-1928.
Women social workers -- United States -- Biography.
Women social reformers -- United States -- Biography.
Added Title Mary E. Richmond and the creation of an American profession
ISBN 0252028759 (alk. paper)

 
    
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