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1 online resource |
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Studies in gender and history |
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Studies in gender and history.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Chapter One -- Saint John: Religion, Philanthropy and the Poor Law, 1884-1909 -- Chapter Two -- McGill: The Ethos of Female Service, 1903-1911 -- Chapter Three -- Montreal: Charity, Social Service and Philanthropy, 1903-1912 -- Chapter Four -- New York City: Private Agency Work, 1910-1916 -- Chapter Five -- Halifax: Bureaucratization, Emergencies and the Progressive State, 1916-21 -- Chapter Six -- Montreal and Cape Breton: Social Work Training and Professionalization, 1921-1939 -- Chapter Seven -- The Women's Directory of Montreal and Private Agency Work, 1923-1939 -- Chapter Eight -- Glace Bay: Exploring Public Welfare, 1940-1952 -- Conclusion -- Sutherland's River, 1952-1975 |
| Summary |
In Wisdom, Justice, and Charity, historian Suzanne Morton uses Jane B. Wisdom's professional life to explore how the welfare state was built from the ground up by thousands of pragmatic and action-oriented social workers |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Wisdom, Jane B., 1884-1975
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Social service -- Canada -- History
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Social workers -- Canada -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Scientists & Psychologists.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Social Work.
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Social service
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Social workers
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Canada
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781442666450 |
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1442666455 |
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