https://padlet.com/hayleymills00/ojr0sg1pa1osq8o1 Historical Figure- Grace Abbott en-us 2021-09-28 17:49:47 UTC 2023-04-06 01:43:33 UTC hello@padlet.com hayleymills00 https://padlet.com/hayleymills00/ojr0sg1pa1osq8o1/wish/1775527583 Grace Abbott was born in Grand Island, Nebraska]]> 2021-09-28 17:55:18 UTC https://padlet.com/hayleymills00/ojr0sg1pa1osq8o1/wish/1775527583 hayleymills00 https://padlet.com/hayleymills00/ojr0sg1pa1osq8o1/wish/1775542958 Abbott began a graduate program in Law at the University of Chicago. ]]> 2021-09-28 18:00:45 UTC https://padlet.com/hayleymills00/ojr0sg1pa1osq8o1/wish/1775542958 hayleymills00 https://padlet.com/hayleymills00/ojr0sg1pa1osq8o1/wish/1775553906 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

]]> 2021-09-28 18:04:37 UTC https://padlet.com/hayleymills00/ojr0sg1pa1osq8o1/wish/1775553906 hayleymills00 https://padlet.com/hayleymills00/ojr0sg1pa1osq8o1/wish/1775575799 "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]]> 2021-09-28 18:12:20 UTC https://padlet.com/hayleymills00/ojr0sg1pa1osq8o1/wish/1775575799 hayleymills00 https://padlet.com/hayleymills00/ojr0sg1pa1osq8o1/wish/1775590095 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. ]]> 2021-09-28 18:17:32 UTC https://padlet.com/hayleymills00/ojr0sg1pa1osq8o1/wish/1775590095 hayleymills00 https://padlet.com/hayleymills00/ojr0sg1pa1osq8o1/wish/1775592736 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.]]> 2021-09-28 18:18:30 UTC https://padlet.com/hayleymills00/ojr0sg1pa1osq8o1/wish/1775592736 hayleymills00 https://padlet.com/hayleymills00/ojr0sg1pa1osq8o1/wish/1775598759 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]]> 2021-09-28 18:20:49 UTC https://padlet.com/hayleymills00/ojr0sg1pa1osq8o1/wish/1775598759 hayleymills00 https://padlet.com/hayleymills00/ojr0sg1pa1osq8o1/wish/1775608180 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. ]]> 2021-09-28 18:24:27 UTC https://padlet.com/hayleymills00/ojr0sg1pa1osq8o1/wish/1775608180 hayleymills00 https://padlet.com/hayleymills00/ojr0sg1pa1osq8o1/wish/1775611349 https://crownschool.uchicago.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/Grace_Abbott.jpg]]> 2021-09-28 18:25:25 UTC https://padlet.com/hayleymills00/ojr0sg1pa1osq8o1/wish/1775611349 hayleymills00 https://padlet.com/hayleymills00/ojr0sg1pa1osq8o1/wish/1775639600 2021-09-28 18:36:10 UTC https://padlet.com/hayleymills00/ojr0sg1pa1osq8o1/wish/1775639600 hayleymills00 https://padlet.com/hayleymills00/ojr0sg1pa1osq8o1/wish/1775642565 2021-09-28 18:37:21 UTC https://padlet.com/hayleymills00/ojr0sg1pa1osq8o1/wish/1775642565 hayleymills00 https://padlet.com/hayleymills00/ojr0sg1pa1osq8o1/wish/1775647691 Grace Abbott was inducted in the Nebraska hall of fame for her exceptional work in social reform ]]> 2021-09-28 18:39:18 UTC https://padlet.com/hayleymills00/ojr0sg1pa1osq8o1/wish/1775647691 hayleymills00 https://padlet.com/hayleymills00/ojr0sg1pa1osq8o1/wish/1775659518 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. ]]> 2021-09-28 18:44:21 UTC https://padlet.com/hayleymills00/ojr0sg1pa1osq8o1/wish/1775659518