True Americanism – Address of Louis D. Brandeis (1915)
Speech given by Louis Brandeis on the subject of Americanization and the essential ideals of America.
Continue Reading »Nurses Settlement, Richmond, VA – Handbook of Settlements (1911)
RICHMOND – THE NURSES SETTLEMENT 201 East Cary Street (August, 1909 -) Note: This description of the Nurses Settlement in Richmond, VA is from the Handbook of Settlements written by two settlement house pioneers: Robert Archey Woods and Albert J. Kennedy. The book included the findings of a national survey of all the known settlements in existence in 1910 and…
Continue Reading »Theological Foundations of Charity: Catholic Social Teaching, The Social Gospel, and Tikkun Olam
A look at theological principles that have motivated Catholics, Protestants, and Jews to charitable acts.
Continue Reading »Tuberculosis
By Alice W. Campbell and Catherine A. Paul, 2017. Tuberculosis has been known by many names throughout history, among them “consumption,” “the white death,” and “the great white plague.” Tuberculosis remains one of the world’s most deadly diseases.
Continue Reading »National Social Welfare Assembly Comics Project
By Linnea Anderson, 2017. The National Social Welfare Assembly’s Comics Project was a collaboration between The National Social Welfare Assembly and National Comics, the company which became DC Comics. The project lasted from August, 1949 to July, 1967 and produced over 200 comic pages promoting citizenship and social values.
Continue Reading »Falck, Hans Siegfried (1923 – 2014)
Author of Social Work: The Membership Perspective, Dr. Falck’s greatest contribution to the field was his development of the “Membership Theory” and his study of its implications and consequences for social work practice.
Continue Reading »The Women Who Went to the Field – A Poem
The Women Who Went to the Field Editor’s Note: Clara Barton (founder of the American Red Cross) wrote the following poem as a toast to women who served in the Civil War. It was first presented at a gala dinner held in 1892 by the Woman’s Relief Corps and was later printed in many…
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