Emily Greene Balch (1867-1961): Social Worker, Reformer, Peace Activist and Nobel Peace Prize Recipient by Catherine A. Paul Emily Greene Balch was an American economist, sociologist, and pacifist. She was born January 8, 1867 in Boston, Massachusetts to a prominent family, and she attended Bryn Mawr College from 1886 until 1889, where she studied economics….
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Anderson, Mary
Mary Anderson (1872-1964): Advocate for Working Women, Labor Organizer and First Director of the Women’s Bureau in the U.S. Department of Labor.
Continue Reading »Social Welfare Developments, 1901-1950
Editor’s Note: All items are in chronological order in the year under which they are listed. 1902 The first State workmen’s compensation law is enacted in Maryland; it was declared unconstitutional in 1904. Homer Folks, founder and head of the New York State Charities Aid Association publishes Care of Destitute, Neglected and Delinquent Children. Conversion…
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1851 Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) organized in Boston, Massachusetts. Massachusetts Adoption of Children Act Adopted. 1852 New York Childrens Aid Society is founded by Charles Loring Brace and began sending abandoned children to homes and farms in the Western U.S. 1855 The Government Hospital for the Insane established (later became St. Elizabeth’s Hospital of…
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