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Grace Abbott was born in Grand Island, Nebraska

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Abbott began a graduate program in Law at the University of Chicago.

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Abbott realized her passion was Social Work and she became the director of the Immigrants Protective League
-work to stop the exploitation of immigrants
-she was in this directorship until 1917

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https://crownschool.uchicago.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/Grace_Abbott.jpg

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"She successfully persuaded President William Howard Taft to veto an act of Congress requiring literacy tests for entry into the country" (University of Chicago).
-requiring literacy tests to enter would take away opportunity and be unfair for immigrants who were uneducated

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Abbott joined the Children's Bureau of the U.S Department of Labor
-Abbott was the director of the Industrial Division
-While in this position she continued developing on the child labor laws of 1916.

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Abbott was appointed by President Warren G Harding to Chief of the Children's Bureau.
-In this position she investigated and reported issues relating to child welfare primarily in making sure contractors were abiding by child labor laws during this time.

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Abbott made an impact on helping women who were trafficked and child welfare by being a representative of the U.S on the League of Nations

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Abbott organized and held the first conference on Social work in Paris.
-this really opened the door for others to pursue social work and to have a better understanding of the field.

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Grace Abbott was inducted in the Nebraska hall of fame for her exceptional work in social reform

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Grace Abbott. Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice. (n.d.). Retrieved September 28, 2021, from https://crownschool.uchicago.edu/grace-abbott.

Nebraska Hall of FAME: Grace Abbott. History Nebraska. (n.d.). Retrieved September 28, 2021, from https://history.nebraska.gov/about/nebraska-hall-fame-grace-abbott.