Cohen, Miriam
Overview
| Works: | 6 works in 8 publications in 2 languages and 45 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Biographies Software |
| Roles: | Author |
| Classifications: | HV28.L35, 362.7092 |
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Most widely held works by
Miriam Cohen
Julia Lathrop : social service and progressive government by
Miriam Cohen(
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1 edition published in 2018 in English and held by 29 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Julia Lathrop was a social servant, government activist, and social scientist who expanded notions of women's proper roles in public life during the early 1900s. Appointed as chief of the U.S. Children's Bureau, created in 1912 to promote child welfare, she was the first woman to head a United States federal agency. Throughout her life, Lathrop challenged the social norms of the time and became instrumental in shaping Progressive reform. She began her career at Hull House in Chicago, the nation's most famous social settlement, where she worked to improve public and private welfare for poor people, helped establish America's first juvenile court, and pushed for immigrant rights. Lathrop was also co-founder of one of America's first schools of social work. Later in life she became a leader in the League of Women Voters and an advisor on child welfare to the League of Nations. Following Lathrop's life from her childhood and college education through her social service and government work, this book gives an overview of her enduring contribution to progressive politics, women's employment, and women's education. It also offers a look at how one influential woman worked within the bounds of traditional conventions about gender, race, and class, and also pushed against them
1 edition published in 2018 in English and held by 29 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Julia Lathrop was a social servant, government activist, and social scientist who expanded notions of women's proper roles in public life during the early 1900s. Appointed as chief of the U.S. Children's Bureau, created in 1912 to promote child welfare, she was the first woman to head a United States federal agency. Throughout her life, Lathrop challenged the social norms of the time and became instrumental in shaping Progressive reform. She began her career at Hull House in Chicago, the nation's most famous social settlement, where she worked to improve public and private welfare for poor people, helped establish America's first juvenile court, and pushed for immigrant rights. Lathrop was also co-founder of one of America's first schools of social work. Later in life she became a leader in the League of Women Voters and an advisor on child welfare to the League of Nations. Following Lathrop's life from her childhood and college education through her social service and government work, this book gives an overview of her enduring contribution to progressive politics, women's employment, and women's education. It also offers a look at how one influential woman worked within the bounds of traditional conventions about gender, race, and class, and also pushed against them
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3 editions published in 1993 in Hebrew and English and held by 8 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
3 editions published in 1993 in Hebrew and English and held by 8 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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1 edition published in 1998 in Hebrew and held by 4 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1998 in Hebrew and held by 4 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Haʻarakhat ha-Miftanim : duaḥ meḥḳar mesakem = Evaluation of the Miftanim : final research report by
Miriam Cohen(
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1 edition published in 1998 in Hebrew and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
1 edition published in 1998 in Hebrew and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
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Alternative education Computer software Human services Information storage and retrieval systems--Social service Israel Lathrop, Julia Clifford, Medical social work Social service United States Vocational education Vocational education--Evaluation Vocational rehabilitation--Evaluation Women in charitable work Women social reformers Women social workers Youth with social disabilities--Education
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