Trends in social work as reflected in the Proceedings of the National Conference of Social Work, 1874-1946

Examines the field of Social Work in three chronological times each spanning approximately twenty-five years to note the growth and change in the field. This report was presented during the proceedings of the National Conference of Social Work. Foreword Preface Contents First Period. 1874–1898 1. Beginnings 2. The Founding Fathers 3. The World in Which the Conference Was Born 4. State Boards to 1900 5. Concern of the Conference with the Insane and the Feeble-Minded 6. The Protection of Children 7. The English Poor Law in America 8. Concern of the Conference with the Delinquent 9. Personnel in Public Service 10. Charity Becomes Organized 11. The Conscience of America 12. Migration, Immigration and Transiency Second Period. 1898–1924 13. The Universities and the Social Services 14. Toward a Professional Association 15. The United States Children’s Bureau 16. Child Labor 17. The Juvenile Court 18. Mothers’ Pensions 19. The Recognition of Social Casework 20. The Council of Social Agencies 21. The Community Chest 22. Public Relief Becomes Public Welfare 23. Children’s Codes 24. Concern of the Conference with Reform 25. The First World War Third Period. 1924–1946 26. Concern of the Conference with Health 27. Social Insurance 28. Social Group Work 29. The Evolution of Social Casework 30. The Joint Committee on Methods of Preventing Delinquency 31. Unemployment and the Care of the Unemployed, 1921–33 32. Social Security 33. Transients, Immigrants and Refugees 34. America’s Minority Groups 35. Social Reform, 1924–46 36. The National Conference of Social Work Index