Vida Dutton Scudder (Dec. 15, 1861, Madura, India—Oct. 9, 1954) — Educator, social worker, author, social gospel movement activist By Angelique Brown, MSW Introduction: Vida Scudder was involved in social change inside and outside of the Episcopal Church. A self described class-conscious and revolutionary socialist, she spent a large part of her life attempting to…
Continue Reading »Lucretia Coffin Mott (January 3, 1793 – 1880) — Quaker, Abolitionist, Woman’s Suffragist. By Angelique Brown, MSW Introduction: With a supportive Quaker community, husband and family Lucretia Mott was able to combine her work on behalf of women’s rights and the abolition of slavery. A strong advocate on both issues, she was confident in her…
Continue Reading »Lucy Stone (August 13, 1818 – October 18, 1893) – Abolitionist, Lecturer, and Reformer By Angelique Brown, MSW Introduction: A U.S. pioneer in the Woman’s Suffrage movement, Lucy Stone was also an abolitionist, lecturer, and social reformer. A woman of independent spirit, she is widely known for achieving several “firsts:” as the first woman in…
Continue Reading »During his era, Booker T. Washington exerted much power on behalf of the African American community. Though many Black intellectuals disagreed with him and his tactics, his way of thinking appealed to many middle and working class Blacks. His connections with the prominent White Americans allowed him to serve as a conduit for funds that served African American community.
Continue Reading »Edward Franklin Frazier (September 24, 1894 – May 17, 1962) — Advocate for social justice, administrator, author and
social work educator. Written by Angelique Brown, MSW
Forrester Blanchard Washington (1887-1963) — Social Work Pioneer, advocate for African Americans and educator. Written by Angelique Brown, MSW.
Continue Reading »Amos Warner’s greatest contribution to the professionalization of social work was a system for the statistical analysis of cases. The majority view at his time was that heredity was the cause of personal inadequacy. He was a pioneer in his views that poverty and personal misfortune were not the result of a single cause, but a plethora of causes, many of which could be outside the control of the individual. He set about developing a series of categories to be used in conjunction with a weighted score that allowed for the prioritization of family problems. Additionally, he developed a listing of the possible causes of poverty, categorizing them as subjective (within the individual) or objective (attributed to environmental causes such as industrial or economic conditions).
Continue Reading »The Metropolitan Washington Chapter of NASW held a special memorial meeting for Philip Schiff on September 25, 1958, at which Dean Inabel Lindsay of the School of Social Work of Howard University presented this paper.
Continue Reading »Inabel Burns Lindsey (1916-1983): Social Worker, Professor and First Dean of the Howard University School of Social Work Inabel Lindsey was born in St. Joseph, Missouri and she prepared for a teaching career. After receiving her undergraduate degree. she entered the New York School of Social Work as an Urban League Fellow from 1920…
Continue Reading »Mary Abby van Kleeck (1883 – 1972) — Settlement Worker, Researcher, Educator and Labor Reform Advocate on Behalf of Women and Children By Kara M. McClurken for the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College Mary Abby van Kleeck was born on June 26, 1883 in Glenham, New York, to Eliza Mayer and Episcopalian minister Robert…
Continue Reading »