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Empowerment Series An Introduction to the Profession of Social Work 6th Edition Segal Test Bank
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Empowerment Series An Introduction to the Professionof Social Work 6th Edition Segal Test Bank
When did social work emerge as a professional activity? - ANSWER In the late
nineteenth century
Where does social works roots lie? - ANSWER in the early social welfare activities,
the charity organization movement, and the settlement house movement
When and why was the National Conference of Charities and Correction formed? -
ANSWER it was formed in 1879 to address social problems such as poverty, crime,
and dependency
What do social reformers do? - ANSWER they confronted the root causes of
problems, modified societal structures, and engaged in advocating policy and
legislative changes to improve environmental conditions and create opportunities
What are supplicants? - ANSWER how some people viewed the disadvantaged
population... unworthy, powerless, and in need of personal reform
What did S. Humphreys Gurteen do? - ANSWER an English Episcopal priest,he
founded the first U.S. Charity Organization Society (COS) in 1877 in Buffalo, New
York
Within a few years of the first COS( Charity Organization Society) being founded,
how many had been established in eastern and mid western areas of the United
States to deal with the economic crisis of the aftermath of the Civil War? - ANSWER
25 branches
By 1892, the number of branches of the COS( Charity Organization Society)
increased to what? - ANSWER 92 branches
Who is Mary Richmond? - ANSWER an influential leader in the COS( Charity
Organization Society), was first involved with charity work as a staff member for the
Baltimore COS. Appointed general secretary of the Philadelphia COS in 1900 and
later worked for the Russell Sage Foundation.
What did Mary Richmond's two books, Social Diagnosis and What is Social Case
Work, outline? - ANSWER Social Diagnosis outlined assessment techniques and
What is Social Case Work provided a definition of the casework method.
The services of COS( Charity Organization Society) was provided almost exclusively
to who? - ANSWER white families
The Memphis COS( Charity Organization Society) operated the Colored Federated
Charities which had its own what? - ANSWER had its own black board of directors,
operated with its own workers, and conducted its own fundraising activities.
, What did the New York COS( Charity Organization Society) do? - ANSWER began
its own publication, founded the first school of social work( now the Columbia
University School of Social Work), and conducted field research
When did the settlement house movement begin? - ANSWER in London in the late
nineteenth century
Who founded the first settlement house? - ANSWER Samuel Barnett, an Anglican
priest, he founded Toynbee Hall
Who founded the first settlement house in the United States, the Neighborhood Guild
of New York City? - ANSWER Stanton Coit
Who founded Chicago's Hull House? - ANSWER Jane Addams and Ellen Gates
Starr
Who founded Chicago Commons? - ANSWER Graham Taylor
Who founded Boston's Andover House? - ANSWER Robert Woods
Who founded New York's Henry Street Settlement? - ANSWER Lillian Wald
The settlement house movement combined social advocacy and social services to
respond to what? - ANSWER the social disorganization that resulted from
widespread industrialization and urbanization and the large influx of immigrants to
America.
What kind of services did the settlement house workers offer? - ANSWER
citizenship training, adult education, counseling, recreation, intercultural exchanges,
and day care
Typically, settlement house workers were what? - ANSWER young, idealistic
college graduates from civic-minded, wealthy families. For the most part they were
volunteers and community leaders and were not employed as social work
professionals
What were the volunteers who lived among the poor called? - ANSWER settlers
Who led the Children's Bureau, founded in 1912 - ANSWER Julia Lathrop, the first
woman to head a federal agency
Who was elected the first woman president of the National Conference of Charities
and Correction in 1912? - ANSWER Jane Addams
Who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931? - ANSWER Jane Addams
Who founded the first Black settlement house in the United States, in Washington,
D.C. and Rhode Island? - ANSWER Sarah Fernandis
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