The Helping Pioneers
Dublin Core
Title
The Helping Pioneers
Subject
North America
Description
Mary Ellen Richmond
(August 5, 1861- September 12, 1928)
Belleville, Illinois
Mary Ellen Richmond is known as the founding mother of social casework. She constructed the foundations for the scientific methodology development of professional social work. She searched for the causes of poverty and social exclusion in the interaction between an individual and his or her environment. She started her career with the Charity Organization Society (COS) in Baltimore, Maryland.
Image Caption: Book cover War and Family Solidarity
by Mary Ellen Richmond.
Jane Adams
(September 8, 1860 – May 21, 1935)
Cerdarville, Illinois
Jane Adams started Hull House, the first settlement house in Near West Side, a neighborhood with plenty of
European immigrants. It quickly developed into a real
action center with plenty of room for children,
education for adults, culture and focus on social
progress. Addams not only worked with the poor but
also engaged in political action aimed at establishing new laws to protect them.
Image Caption: 1906 portrait of Jane Adams by George de Forest Brush.
(August 5, 1861- September 12, 1928)
Belleville, Illinois
Mary Ellen Richmond is known as the founding mother of social casework. She constructed the foundations for the scientific methodology development of professional social work. She searched for the causes of poverty and social exclusion in the interaction between an individual and his or her environment. She started her career with the Charity Organization Society (COS) in Baltimore, Maryland.
Image Caption: Book cover War and Family Solidarity
by Mary Ellen Richmond.
Jane Adams
(September 8, 1860 – May 21, 1935)
Cerdarville, Illinois
Jane Adams started Hull House, the first settlement house in Near West Side, a neighborhood with plenty of
European immigrants. It quickly developed into a real
action center with plenty of room for children,
education for adults, culture and focus on social
progress. Addams not only worked with the poor but
also engaged in political action aimed at establishing new laws to protect them.
Image Caption: 1906 portrait of Jane Adams by George de Forest Brush.
Creator
Adegbesan, Anuoluwapo, Falk, Nickolas
Publisher
The Priddy Library at the Universities at Shady Grove
Date
2018-05
Rights
The Priddy Library at the Universities at Shady Grove
Format
JPEG image
Language
eng
Type
Text, Image
Coverage
2018
Files
Reference
Adegbesan, Anuoluwapo, Falk, Nickolas, The Helping Pioneers, The Priddy Library at the Universities at Shady Grove, 2018-05
Cite As
Adegbesan, Anuoluwapo, Falk, Nickolas , “The Helping Pioneers,” accessed May 8, 2024, https://libapp.shadygrove.umd.edu/omeka/items/show/321.