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Women have always played an important, and dominant, role in social work. First published in 1975, their contribution to the profession is the theme of this book, where demographic data, biographical material and records of social work organizations are used to show how women shaped the development of social work from 1860 to the 1970s.
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Acknowledgments, Introduction, Part I: Women Pioneers and Early Social Work Organisations 1860-1914, 1. Employment and Education for Women, 2. Women as Innovators in Social Work, 3. Women in Social Work Organisations, 4. Women and Social Work Education, 5. Women Social Workers. Women’s Suffrage, and Social Reform, 6. Overview 1860-1914, Part II: Emergent Profession 1914-39, 7. The First World War, 8. Women’s Social Position and Career Prospects 1918-39, 9. Women in Social Work Organisations 1918-39, 10. Overview 1918-39, Part III: Social Work 1939-71: An Expanding Mixed Profession, 11. The Second World War, 12. The Demographic Background After 1945, 13. Social Work Under the Microscope 1945-51, 14. Two Decades of Training 1951-71, 15. Women in Social Work Agencies and the Social Work Profession: The Male Threat, 16. Problems of Women’s Employment in Social Work, 17. Conclusion, Notes, Bibliography, Index
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Women have always played an important, and dominant, role in social work. First published in 1975, their contribution to the profession is the theme of this book, where demographic data, biographical material and records of social work organizations are used to show how women shaped the development of social work from 1860 to the 1970s.
