Grace Abbott

Grace Abbott

female, deceased (1939)
Child labor in the United States, hull house, feminism, from Nebraska, University of Chicago alumni, Americansocialworker…social work, American
Grace Abbott (November 17, 1878 - June 19, 1939) was an American social worker who specifically worked in advancing child welfare. Her older sister...
Edith Abbott

Edith Abbott

female, deceased (1957)
Brownell Hall, Brownell-Talbot School, American, Americansocialworker, writer, Delta Gamma sister…social worker
Edith Abbott (September 26, 1876 - July 28, 1957) was a social worker, educator, and author. Abbott was born in Grand Island, Nebraska. Her younger...
Lillian Wald

Lillian Wald

female, deceased (1940)
death by lightning, child, German, ORPHANAGE, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Henry Street Settlement…social worker, Americansocialworker, American
Lillian D. Wald (1867-1940) was an American nurse and social worker, most active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Wald was born into a...
Melody Anderson

Melody Anderson

female, 53 years old
Canadian of Norwegian descent, Canadian-American, public speaker, Canadian expatriate actor in the United States, Dallas (TV series) actor, From Edmonton…American, social worker, Americansocialworker, social work
Melody Anderson (born December 3, 1955) is a Canadian-American social worker and public speaker specializing in the impact of addiction on...
Mary Kingsbury Simkhovitch

Mary Kingsbury Simkhovitch

female, deceased (1951)
Columbia University, Boston University, writer, University of Berlin, chestnut hill, radcliffe…American, Americansocialworker, social worker
Mary Kingsbury (Melinda) Simkhovitch was a pioneering American social worker. She was born in Chestnut Hill, Mass., She received a degree from...
Emily Bissell

Emily Bissell

female, deceased (1948)
Wilmington, Tuberculosis, suffragist, Americansocialworker, suffragette, child labor
Emily P. Bissell was an American social worker and activist, best remembered for introducing Christmas Seals to the United States. Born in...

Mary Treglia

female
Americansocialworker, From Sioux City, Iowa
Mary Treglia was the founder of the Mary Treglia Community House, of Sioux City, Iowa, USA, in 1923.
Bill Goldberg

Bill Goldberg

male, 63 years old
Boston University, Leo J. Ryan Award, cult researcher, Doni P. Whitsett, Richard A. Block, Irene Gasde…New York State Social Service Committee, social worker, Americansocialworker, social work
Bill Goldberg, M.S.W., L.C.S.W. is a social worker and researcher of cults. He has a private practice and counsels families of cult members....

Maud Nathan

female, deceased (1946)
Jewish person, revolutionary war, Jewish, Jewish American, social worker, Pacifist…Americansocialworker, American
Maud Nathan (October 20 1862 - December 15 1946) was an American social worker, labor activist and suffragist for women's right to vote. She came...

Zilpha Drew Smith

female, deceased (1926)
Americansocialworker, American
Zilpha Drew Smith (1852 - 1926) was an American social worker. She was widely involved in social work in Boston between 1872 and 1918 and lectured...