https://padlet.com/memarchian/h3ya8kyufatvyoq4 Social Reformer en-us 2023-02-18 05:42:47 UTC 2026-03-23 22:03:56 UTC hello@padlet.com memarchian https://padlet.com/memarchian/h3ya8kyufatvyoq4/wish/2487662440 Edith Abbott was born in Nebraska in 1876 and was the progeny of activists. Her mother was an abolitionist and a woman's suffrage supporter, and her father was the first lieutenant governor of Nebraska. Edith would be joined by her younger sister Grace two years later. Together, they would create a path to make social work a legitimate profession taught in higher education institutions garnering the same respect as other professions such as law and medicine (Sorensen, 2010). Abbott would become instrumental in creating the rigorous academic courses needed to be a professional social worker by developing casework guidelines and practical training (Sorensen, 2010). ]]> 2023-02-19 17:19:10 UTC https://padlet.com/memarchian/h3ya8kyufatvyoq4/wish/2487662440 memarchian https://padlet.com/memarchian/h3ya8kyufatvyoq4/wish/2487676137 The first woman to become dean of a major American Graduate school, becoming the dean of the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago (Sorensen, 2010). Abbott was a trailblazer as she was the first female dean. However, even more, astounding is that she also accomplished this feat during a time when the legitimacy of women in the workplace was still being actively debated and questioned (Sorensen, 2010).

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Though her parents could not afford to send Edith Abbott to college due to financial constraints, Abbott was not deterred and took up a job as a teacher after completing high school. While teaching, she participated in correspondence courses and attended summer sessions until she could earn enough money to attend college as a full-time student. Abbott excelled in her education and earned her Ph.D. in Economics, which would also earn her an award to study abroad in England. It was here that Abbott became a resident of a settlement house and acquainted herself with influential socialists such as Beatrice and Sidney Webb. ]]> 2023-02-19 18:04:50 UTC https://padlet.com/memarchian/h3ya8kyufatvyoq4/wish/2487685331 memarchian https://padlet.com/memarchian/h3ya8kyufatvyoq4/wish/2488142601 Abbott would write her first of many books addressing the profession of social work and worked to shed light on other pressing social ills of the time, such as poverty, working women, truancy, jail conditions, child labor, and the treatment of immigrants and is most well known as the publisher and co-founder of the Social Service Review founded in 1927 ("Edith Abbott | American Social Worker," 2019). In addition, Abbott would find her place working amongst other influential social workers, such as Jane Addams, at the Hull House ("Edith Abbott | American Social Worker," 2019) and worked with Addams and others to influence public policy and push for social reforms (Sorensen, 2010).]]> 2023-02-20 07:14:35 UTC https://padlet.com/memarchian/h3ya8kyufatvyoq4/wish/2488142601 memarchian https://padlet.com/memarchian/h3ya8kyufatvyoq4/wish/2488149190 Edith Abbott (American social worker) | Britannica. (2022, September 22). Www.britannica.com; Encyclopædia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edith-Abbott/images-videos#/media/1/592/118920

Edith Abbott | American social worker. (2019). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edith-Abbott

Sorensen, J. (2010, December 13). Abbott, Edith. Social Welfare History Project; Virginia Commonwealth University. https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/people/abbott-edith/

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