1st Edition
From Charity to Social Work In England and the United States
Part 1: The English Origins 1. In the Midst of Victorian Plenty 2. The C.O.S. and Social Casework 3. Social Group Work and Community Organisation in Nineteenth-century England Part 2: Lady Bountiful in the New World 4. Poverty and Oysters in the U.S.A. 5. Social Work takes Stock: Mary E. Richmond and Social Diagnosis 6. The Psychiatric Deluge Part 3: From Lady Bountiful to Social Welfare 7. The State as Social Worker 8. The Simple Dues of Fellowship 9. The ‘New Look’ in Social Work
Biography
Kathleen Woodroofe
Reviews of the first publication:
‘The history of this change is a fascinating one and Miss Woodroofe has described it well…Miss Woodroofe demonstrates clearly how the development of social work is intimately connected with attitudes towards poverty and individual responsibility’.
— New Society
‘Generally well written and well documented, the volume presents a readable account of social work developments in two English-speaking countries. Certain chapters reflect excellent historical research, especially the one dealing with Mary Richmond. On the whole some of the content is new and what is not new is presented in a manner that makes for recall of a critical period in welfare history.’
— Norris E. Class, Social Work, Volume 8, Issue 3
