Pioneers

Abbott, Edith

அபோட், எடித் (1876-1957)

(1876-1957) A pioneer in social work education and an advocate for social justice and child welfare programs. She was dean of the School of Social Service Admin…

Abbott, Grace

அபோட், கிரேஸ் (1978-1939)

laws and long-term director of the Children's Bureau, she organized one of the first White House conferences on children and was an adviser to President Woodrow…

Addams, Jane

ஜேன் ஆடம்ஸ் (1860-1935)

(1860–1935) Considered one of the founders of social work, she was a community organizer, peace activist, and leader of the settlement house movement. With Elle…

Alinsky, Saul

சால் அலின்ஸ்கி (1909-1972)

(1909–1972) A community organizer based in Chicago, he developed many innovative tactics and methods for effectively mobilizing a community. Author of the influ…

Altmeyer, Arthur J.

ஆர்தர் அல்ட்மேயர் (1891-1972)

(1891–1972) A principal designer of the legislation that became the Social Security Act in 1935. As a federal administrator he helped design the merit system fo…

Balch, Emily Greene

பால்ச், எமிலி கிரீன் (1867-1961)

(1867–1961)Educator in social work and economics, social reformer, and antiwar activist, she founded the Women's International Peace Commission in 1915 and was …

Barnett, Samuel A.

பார்னெட், சாமுவேல் ஏ (1844-1913)

(1844–1913)Foun-der of the original settlement houses, he worked with Octavia Hill in the development of the original Charity Organization Societies (COS) in En…

Barrett, Janie Porter

பாரெட், ஜேன் போர்ட்டர் (1865-1948)

(1865–1948)Leader in the settlement houses movement and proponent of education for African American women. She founded one of the first settlement houses for Af…

Barton, Clara

பர்டன், கிளாரா (1821–1912)

(1821–1912)Founder of the American Red Cross and its long-time leader, she supervised relief work for disaster victims of war, famine, and epidemics in various …

Beers, Clifford W.

பீர்ஸ, கிளிஃப்ஃபோர்ட் டபிள்யூ (1876–1943)

(1876–1943)Leader of the mental hygiene movement in the United States. After spending three years in a mental hospital, in 1908 he wrote the influential book A …

Besant, Annie

பெசன்ட், அன்னி (1847-1933)

(1847–1933) An English community organizer, she helped organize unions for poor working women and published and distributed information about birth control to p…

Bethune, Mary McLeod

பேதுன் மேரி மேக்லியாட் (1875–1955)

(1875–1955) Leader in the movement for the education and social development of African Americans, she founded what is now Bethune–Cookman College in Daytona, Fl…

Beveridge, William Henry

பிவரிட்ஜ், வில்லியம் ஹென்றி (1879–1963)

(1879–1963) Founder of the British welfare state. Before World War II, he planned and wrote major social legislation to help poor people, laborers, and children…

Booth, Charles

பூத் சார்லஸ் (1840–1916)

(1840–1916) A British pioneer in methods of surveying social problems, he wrote one of the first treatises on the conditions and causes of poverty and the worki…

Brace, Charles Loring

பிரேஸ், சார்லஸ் லோரிங்க் (1826–1890)

(1826–1890) Founder of the Children’s Aid Society in 1853, the private organization that provided shelter, education, and family placing out for homeless and de…

Breckinridge, Sophonisba

பிரெக்கென்ரிட்ஜ், சோபன்சிபா (1866–1948)

(1866–1948) Developer of social work education within universities, she was a founder of the School of Social Work at the University of Chicago where she establ…

Bruno, Frank J.

புருனோ, பிராங்க் ஜே (1874-1955)

(1874–1955) One of the first developers of a theory base in the new field of social work, he led the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington Uni…

Buell, Bradley

பியூல், பிராட்லி (1893-1976)

(1893–1976) A developer of the community organization and social planning fields in social work, he helped found the American Association of Social Workers (AAS…

Burns, Eveline M.

பர்ன்ஸ் ஈவ்லைன் எம் (1900-1985)

(1900–1985) Educator at Columbia University School of Social Work and consultant to government planners on economic security programs, she helped write the Soci…

Cabot, Richard C.

காபொட், ரிச்சர்ட் சி (1865–1939)

(1865–1939) A physician and medical educator whose work with the Children's Aid Society led him to appreciate the part social work plays in the treatment proces…

Cannon, Ida M.

கேனன் இடா.எம் (1877–1960)

(1877–1960) Medical social work conceptualizer and developer, she advocated for the establishment of social work departments in the nation's hospitals and publi…

Day, Dorothy

டே, டோரதி (1897–1980)

(1897–1980)Founder of the Catholic Worker Movement and social activist, especially for immigrants to the United States and unemployed minorities.

de Paul,

வின்சென்ட் தே பவுல் (1581–1660)

Vincent (1581–1660)Catholic priest and advocate for the poor people of France, he established seminaries, and poor relief organizations including the Daughters …

DeForest, Robert Weeks

டீ பாரஸ்ட், ராபர்ட் வீக்ஸ் (1848–1931)

(1848–1931) Philanthropist and social reformer who helped develop the nation's first school of social work, the New York School of Philanthropy (now Columbia Un…

Devine, Edward T.

தேவின், எட்வர்ட் டி (1867–1948)

(1867–1948) As a contributor to social work education, he helped found the New York School of Philanthropy in 1898 and guided it toward its development as the C…

Dix, Dorothea

டிக்ஸ் டோரதியா (1802–1887)

(1802–1887) Social activist and advocate for the humane treatment of prisoners and especially for mentally ill people. Her lobbying activities led to the establ…

Dunham, Arthur

டன்ஹாம், ஆர்தர் (1893–1980)

(1893–1980) Social work educator who developed the pro-fession's systematic conception of community organization. He wrote the influential texts Community Welfa…

Fauri, Fedele F.

பௌரி பிடெலி. எஃப் (1909–1981)

(1909–1981) Public welfare expert and social work educator, Fauri was long-time dean at the University of Michigan School of Social Work after serving as the st…

Fernandis, Sarah

பெர்னாண்டிஸ் சாரா (1863–1951)

(1863–1951) Founder of the first black social settlement house in the United States, she received her MSW degree from New York University before beginning her w…

Fizdale, Ruth

பிடெல் ரூத் (1908–1994)

(1908–1994) A social work practitioner, administrator, and scholar, Fizdale developed the fee-for-service system now used in public and private social agencies …