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Chicago Commons

Chicago Commons was established in the fall of 1894 and modeled on Hull House.

Children of Circumstance: Part III

CHILDREN OF CIRCUMSTANCE PART 3 (1926–1936) A History Of The First 125 Years (1849-1974) Of The Chicago Child Care Society. By: Clare L. McCausland (Note 1: The material that follows consists of long excerpts from the book and copied here with permission of the Chicago Child Care Society.) (Note 2: The Chicago Child Care Society…

Children of Circumstance: Part II

A History Of The First 125 Years Of The Chicago Child Care Society (1849-1974). By: Clare L. McCausland (Note 1: The material that follows consists of long excerpts from the book and copied here with permission of the Chicago Child Care Society.) (Note 2: The Chicago Child Care Society is the oldest child welfare organization…

Great Depression: American Social Policy

One observer pointed out to Franklin D. Roosevelt upon taking office that, given the present crisis, he would be either the worst or greatest president in American history. Roosevelt is said to have responded: “If I fail, I shall be the last one.” By the time Franklin Roosevelt was elected in 1932, the traditional ideologies and institutions of the United States were in a state of upheavel. Americans who had grown up promoting the ideology of the “deserving and undeserving poor” and the stigma of poor relief were now standing in line for relief.

Social Welfare In The Black Community,1886-1939

Over the past two decades, social work educators and students have developed a body of literature, which describes the legacy, and contributions of African Americans or members of the Black community to social welfare historical developments.

Widows and Waifs

Written by Dr. June Hopkins, Armstrong Atlantic State University. This essay investigates the connections between the child-saving movement to reform orphanages and the widows’ pension movement in New York City during the Progressive Era.

Defining Community

Until the Civil War to be oriented to the community as a social reference was in conflict with Individualism which was the dominant American philosophy. The way these ideas played against each other illuminates an important part of the American experience, one that continues to be active today.

Jane Addams and Wilbur J. Cohen

It is one of the ironies of social welfare history that Jane Addams died in 1935, the same year that the Social Security Act was passed. It is tempting to see that year as an important watershed.

Cohen, Wilbur J. : A Perspective

Wilbur Cohen bounded off the plane and down the jet way at Logan Airport. Unlike the other passengers, who were somewhat tentative as they faced the uncertainties of a new city, he did not measure his step. He walked, with determined energy, straight ahead.