biography
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| (1878–1939)
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| biography:
| Social worker and activist, born in Grand Island, Nebraska, USA. She studied at the universities of Nebraska and Chicago, and in 1908 went to live at Chicago's Hull House to head the Immigrants' Protective League. A writer of forceful articles exposing the exploitation of immigrants, she also campaigned for child labour laws, and as director of the federal Children's Bureau (from 1919) she administered grants to provide healthcare for mothers and children. She was president of the National Conference of Social Workers (1923–4), an adviser to the League of Nations (1922–34), and professor of public welfare at the University of Chicago (1934–9). |
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