Social Work 251 Legacies of Change

people to know for exam

Jane Addams

• “Exponent of the Social Gospel”, bridge gap between social classes

• Started the Hull House (kindergarten, clubs, respect to culture, residents ran programs, offered dif classes/education)

• Won Nobel Peace Prize

Mary Richmond

• “The 1st Professional”, orphaned as a child

• brilliant and wanted to teach, but didn’t have political influence (found job in factory)

• Worked with COS, training school for social workers and wrote Social Diagnosis (beginning of professional casework)

Edward Franklin Frazier

• “Courageous Crusader”, belief that there was a readiness for change

• Director of Atlanta School of Social Work (helped African Americans to get professional training as social workers)

• Forced to resign too “Militant”

Franklin D. Roosevelt

• “The person with a plan”, first president to say the federal gov needed to get involved in social welfare

• Social security Act of 1935 and the New Deal

Harry Hopkins

• “Czar of Work Relief”, NY Social worker

• Director of Federal Relief Act of 1933

• Believed we had religious obligation to help others after the depression

Jane Hoey

• “Standard Bearer”, Director of Federal Bureau of Public Assistance

• tried to create a federal welfare system from scratch, believed we needed to train social workers in charge of federal welfare system (bring professionals in)

Francis Perkins

• “The 1st Lady of Labor”, worked in Hull House formerly

• First woman appointed to cabinet (by Roosevelt), addressed horrible labor problems (child labor, dangerous conditions, long hours)

Del Anderson

• “The Veterans Champion”

• Helped disabled veterans find employment after WWII

Whitney Young

• “The Great Conciliator”, saw that black people were being discriminated against

• During war mediated between his all black unit and commander

• Worked with the Urban League (housing, employment, access to resources)

Ana DuMois

• “Community Organizer”, organized community health clinics/services

• 1st federally funded, empowered people to speak up about their health care