Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Foreword VII
3. Preface XI
4. Contents XV
5. First Period. 1874–1898
6. 1. Beginnings 1
7. 2. The Founding Fathers 10
8. 3. The World in Which the Conference Was Born 25
9. 4. State Boards to 1900 31
10. 5. Concern of the Conference with the Insane and the Feeble-Minded 44
11. 6. The Protection of Children 55
12. 7. The English Poor Law in America 71
13. 8. Concern of the Conference with the Delinquent 81
14. 9. Personnel in Public Service 91
15. 10. Charity Becomes Organized 96
16. 11. The Conscience of America 112
17. 12. Migration, Immigration and Transiency 120
18. Second Period. 1898–1924
19. 13. The Universities and the Social Services 133
20. 14. Toward a Professional Association 145
21. 15. The United States Children’s Bureau 152
22. 16. Child Labor 160
23. 17. The Juvenile Court 169
24. 18. Mothers’ Pensions 177
25. 19. The Recognition of Social Casework 183
26. 20. The Council of Social Agencies 192
27. 21. The Community Chest 199
28. 22. Public Relief Becomes Public Welfare 207
29. 23. Children’s Codes 214
30. 24. Concern of the Conference with Reform 220
31. 25. The First World War 230
32. Third Period. 1924–1946
33. 26. Concern of the Conference with Health 241
34. 27. Social Insurance 257
35. 28. Social Group Work 270
36. 29. The Evolution of Social Casework 278
37. 30. The Joint Committee on Methods of Preventing Delinquency 291
38. 31. Unemployment and the Care of the Unemployed, 1921–33 297
39. 32. Social Security 309
40. 33. Transients, Immigrants and Refugees 322
41. 34. America’s Minority Groups 331
42. 35. Social Reform, 1924–46 342
43. 36. The National Conference of Social Work 353
44. Index 365