Friendly Visiting Among the Poor
Friendly Visiting Among the Poor

Author: Mary E. Richmond

Publisher:

Published: 2009-06

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13: 9781409974673

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Mary Ellen Richmond (1861-1928) was an American social worker, teacher, and theoretician. She was general secretary of the Baltimore Charity Organization. In 1897 she delivered her historic speech at the National Conference of Charities and Correction calling for direct social work practice. She published Friendly Visiting Among the Poor in 1899 which was intended for those beginning to do charitable work in the homes of the poor. She became general secretary of the Philadelphia Society for Organizing Charity in 1900. She published her most celebrated book Social Diagnosis in 1917. Her other works include: The Good Neighbor in the Modem City (1907), What is Social Casework? An Introductory Description (1922) and The Long View: Papers and Addresses (1930).

Helping the Poor
Helping the Poor

Author: Robert Whelan

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13:

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"In the nineteenth century charities competed against each other for the support of the public: whichever ones found the most effective ways to help the needy would flourish. Helping the Poor compares the Charity Organisation Society, the most famous of all visiting charities, with the Lord Mayor's Mansion House Fund of 1886 for the relief of the unemployed."--Back cover.

Just Give Money to the Poor
Just Give Money to the Poor

Author: Joseph Hanlon

Publisher: Kumarian Press

Published: 2012-03

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 1565493907

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* Argues strongly for overlooked approach to development by showing how the poor use money in ways that confound stereotypical notions of aid and handouts * Team authored by foremost scholars in the development field Amid all the complicated economic theories about the causes and solutions to poverty, one idea is so basic it seems radical: just give money to the poor. Despite its skeptics, researchers have found again and again that cash transfers given to significant portions of the population transform the lives of recipients. Countries from Mexico to South Africa to Indonesia are giving money directly to the poor and discovering that they use it wisely “ to send their children to school, to start a business and to feed their families. Directly challenging an aid industry that thrives on complexity and mystification, with highly paid consultants designing ever more complicated projects, Just Give Money to the Pooroffers the elegant southern alternative “ bypass governments and NGOs and let the poor decide how to use their money. Stressing that cash transfers are not charity or a safety net, the authors draw an outline of effective practices that work precisely because they are regular, guaranteed and fair. This book, the first to report on this quiet revolution in an accessible way, is essential reading for policymakers, students of international development and anyone yearning for an alternative to traditional poverty-alleviation methods.

From Charity to Social Work
From Charity to Social Work

Author: Elizabeth N. Agnew

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 9780252028755

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Mary E. Richmond (1861-1928) was a contemporary of Jane Addams and an influential leader in the American charity organization movement. In this biography--the first in-depth study of Richmond's life and work--Elizabeth N. Agnew examines the contributions of this important, if hitherto under-valued, woman to the field of charity and to its development into professional social work. Orphaned at a young age and largely self-educated, Richmond initially entered charity work as a means of self-support, but came to play a vital role in transforming philanthropy--previously seen as a voluntary expression of individual altruism--into a valid, organized profession. Her career took her from charity organization leadership in Baltimore and Philadelphia to an executive position with the prestigious Russell Sage Foundation in New York City. Richmond's progressive civic philosophy of social work was largely informed by the social gospel movement. She strove to find practical applications of the teachings of Christianity in response to the social problems that accompanied rapid industrialization, urbanization, and poverty. At the same time, her tireless efforts and personal example as a woman created an appealing, if ambiguous, path for other professional women. A century later her legacy continues to echo in social work and welfare reform.