Nurse and Humanitarian in The Legacy of Lillian Wald

According to (Dulmus & Sowers, 2012, p.106), the history of social work is one of an old religiously grounded ethos of offering, aid and comfort. This shows that social work has been around for quite a long time, helping the unfortunate and it has developed more throughout these past centuries. The profession was largely shaped by Westerns idea and events. (Chenoweth &McAuliffe, 2015, p.32). The ideas and events included could have been war, poverty and other social reforms. That is when social welfare was needed to give aid and help solve these issues. Social work largely expanded in England in the 16th during the Elizabethan poor laws and later on in America between 17 and 18th century (Dulmus & Sowers, p.6). This essay is going to focus on how social work has evolved or changed for the better from the 1960s till present.

Throughout history, women have faced with a plethora of challenges that called for them to transcend society’s limitations. One of these situations was the challenges presented by the terrible living and factory conditions in New York City at the turn of the 20th century. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire took the lives of 146 immigrant women and devastated New York; and due to the theft-preventative measures of locking the doors to the factory, owner, Isaac Harris and Max Blanck led to even more lives being lost. This situation, although terrible, was not that uncommon. As these immigrant women arrived in the United States, there would be a typical and similar experience among many; one that started with the problems offered upon arrival,

The job of a child welfare worker appears to be a demanding profession that promotes the child’s safety, but also strengthens the family organization around them in order to successfully raise the children. This child welfare workers work in the system known as the Child Protective Services whose initiative is to protect the overall welfare of the child. The short novel From the Eye of the Storm: the Experiences of a Child Welfare Worker by Cynthia Crosson-Tower demonstrates the skills necessary to deal with the practice of social work along with both its challenges and its happy moments. The novel consists of some of the cases involving Tower’s actual career in social work. In reading the book, I was able to experience some of the actual

Jane Addams was a prominent female reformer who waste daughter of an Illinois businessman. After she graduated from college, she never married and resented the idea of the expectation that a woman’s life should be governed by the “family claim” and decided to devote herself instead to improving the lives of those less fortunate. She opened Hull House, which was one of the first settlement houses. Using capital from families and from the local businessmen, women such as Addams

In the article “Clara Barton,” it thoroughly informs the readers about her personal life and her contribution as a volunteer during the Civil War. Starting with her biography, the article discusses Barton’s educational life and her thirst to do charity work and philanthropy. According to this article, Clara Barton was a pioneer nurse, American teacher and humanitarian. She was born in Oxford, Massachusetts, and was the youngest of six children. Barton was homeschooled and she was the most brightest and intelligent among her siblings. One of her achievements was an establishment of a free public school in Bordentown, New Jersey, in 1853. She was also a founder of Red Cross, which is a volunteer led-organization that runs the world’s

Throughout her academic career, Ms. Wilson has embodied the values of the Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social. Her life of hardships and social injustice she has devoted her life to caring for the needs of others. As a result of her being in a sandwich generation, she has learned the impact of counselors and case workers have in a hospital setting. She has taken advantage of hospital resources to elevate the stressors of the cost of care and treatments.

Clarissa Harlow “Clara” Barton was founder of American Red Cross, educator and nurse. She was born in Oxford, Massachusetts on December 25, 1821. She spent much of her time helping others, such as tending to her brother after he was involved in an accident. At the age of 15 she became a schoolteacher and later went to open a free public school in New Jersey. She later became a clerk in the U.S. Patent Office in 1854 but lost the job two years later when the Democrats won the presidency. Throughout her life she was a teacher and helped people whenever the opportunity appeared.

Social services emerged in Britain during the early 1800’s. Betsy Fry was the main contributor to social service accomplishment. She brought up by a Quaker family, and they strongly believed in equality and charity. She was involved in various philanthropic events and developed a small school for poor children at the age of only 17. According to Jan Steyaert (2013), many often referred to her as “the angel of the prisons” because of her achievements in the reform of the British Prison system.

I am interested with your posting regarding Lillian Wald and digging little bit more about it. I found out that Lillian Wald not just provided good nutrition, hygiene and education to the poor and the immigrant. But, she also gathered some activists, lawyers, union organizer, and social reformers. They all lived together and shared the living cost. Lillian Wald also provided the space for playground for disable children and rehabilitation. In addition, she also took them for picnics; provide cooking class, girls’ clubs, etc. All of them to give the opportunity for the poorer and the sick to keep enjoy their life besides working in the factory . My point is that what she did was not just a basic education how to live healthy, or how to prevent

The way people view the world is entirely subjective, albeit often dangerous. From Hitler to Charles Manson, some of the most evil people in history have had a distorted idea of the worlds’ reality. The perception and assumptions that human beings make about one another are also entirely subjective. From opinions about people, to views on a situation or event, the human mind, and imagination, interprets what the eyes behold in many different ways. However, those with untamed and illogical imaginations often cause dangerous and unnecessary problems from their wrongful assumptions, accusations, or desires.

The Social Welfare History Project (2004) gave great insight into May’s early life. Like the majority of the clients she worked with, Mary also came from a tumultuous past. Mary was born in Illinois in a town called Belleville. After the death of her parents at a young age, Mary was sent to live with her maternal grandmother in Baltimore, Maryland. It was upon this relocation that Mary developed a deeper understanding for social engagement, and social practice. The Social Welfare History Project described Mary’s grandmother was an active voice in the women’s

In 1891, at the age of 22, Lillian Wald decided to attend nursing school. She moved to New York and acquired her education at New York Hospital’s Training School

Lillian Wald was a Nurse and a humanitarian, she’s also the founder of public health Nursing. “In 1912 Wald helped found the National Organization for Public Health Nursing.” (Demarco, Harkness, 2016, Pg16). As we all know Wald has contributed a lot to the nursing field. Wald knew the importance of infection control and she felt so strongly about it “Wald and Brewster taught health and hygiene to the immigrant women” (DeMarco, Harkness, 2016, Pg16). I think Wald has done a superb job because learning how to hand wash can go a long way. What if Wald hadn’t taught those immigrant women simple things like hygiene and they had a young infant or an elderly parent at home living with them. It would be so easy for that elderly parent or that young

The following paper chronicles the life of Lillian Wald. A social worker nurse and settlement leader Lillian Wald committed her life to helping others. In this paper I will discuss Wald’s contributions and her significance to the field of social work.

This paper will explore three important aspects that Harry Hopkins achieved in this social work career. Fist the path he took in working within the social work field, second the contributions he made and lastly how his work could inform individuals working in the practice of a social worker. Utilizing eight different articles, this paper will explore the life of Harry Hopkins and how he had an account of the impact on public policies here in the United States, and how no other social worker has had the influence in changing the direction of American social policy.