| Description |
xviii, 240 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Victoria Earle Matthews : residence and reform / Cheryl Waites -- African Americans and social work in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1900-1930 / Tawana Ford Sabbath -- Birdye Henrietta Haynes : a pioneer settlement house worker / Iris B. Carlton-LaNey -- Margaret Murray Washington : organizer of rural African American women / Joyce G. Dickerson -- Marcus Garvey and community development via the UNIA / Aminifu Harvey and Iris B. Carlton-LaNey -- Ida B. Wells-Barnett : an uncompromising style / Tricia Bent-Goodley -- Lawrence A. Oxley : defining state public welfare among African Americans / N. Yolanda Burwell -- George Edmund Haynes and Elizabeth Ross Haynes : empowerment practice among African American social welfare pioneers / Iris B. Carlton-LaNey -- Janie Porter Barrett and the Virginia Industrial School for Colored Girls : community response to the needs of African American children / Wilma Peebles-Wilkins -- Eugene Kinckle Jones : a statesman for the times / Felix L. Armfield and Iris B. Carlton-LaNey -- Mary Church Terrell and her mission : giving decades of quiet service / Sharon Warren Cook -- Thyra J. Edwards : internationalist social worker / Elmer P. Martin and Joanne M. Martin -- Sarah Collins Fernandis and her hidden work / Huguette A. Curah -- E. Franklin Frazier and social work : unity and conflict / Susan Kerr Chandler -- Historical development of African American child welfare services / Vanessa G. Hodges -- Traditional helping roles of older African American women : the concept of self-help / Dorothy S. Ruiz. |
| Subject |
African American social workers -- Biography.
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Social service -- United States -- History.
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| Added Author |
Carlton-LaNey, Iris.
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| ISBN |
0871013177 paperback |
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9780871013170 paperback |
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