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Abbott, Grace (1878–1939)

US social worker and activist. From 1919 Abbott was the director of the federal Children's Bureau, later becoming president of the National Conference of Social Workers (1923–24), and an adviser to the League of Nations (1922–34). She campaigned for the fair treatment of children and immigrants throughout her life.

Grace Abbott studied at the universities of Nebraska and Chicago. In 1908 she went to live at Chicago's Hull House to head the Immigrants' Protective League. The author of forceful articles exposing the exploitation of immigrants, she also campaigned for child labour laws, and administered grants to provide health care for mothers and children. She was professor of public welfare at the University of Chicago 1934–39.



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Deb Williams, the instructional facilitator at Grace Abbott Elementary, asked me what I knew about the program Junior Achievement.
Enriching economics education though service-learning by Wetig, Saundra / Academic Exchange Quarterly
The models were actively transported by welfare agitators, familiar figures such as Julia Lathrop and Grace Abbott, acting through familiar agencies, such as the Children's Bureau, to Washington and ultimately into the Social Security Act.
Pitied but Not Entitled: Single Mothers and the History of Welfare by Brannon, Ruth / Journal of Social History
In addition, Grace Abbott understood very well the opposition women faced from trade unionists in improving these labor conditions for working women.
'Employable mothers' and 'suitable work': a re-evaluation of welfare ... by Goodwin, Joanne L. / Journal of Social History
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