| For 100 years social workers throughout the United States
have been making a difference in people's lives. Now the stories of social work's first
century are gathered together in a video, Legacies of Social Change: 100 Years of
Professional Social Work in the United States. Presented through archival photos and
footage, insightful commentary, and interviews with social workers and social work
historians, social work's history comes alive. Beginning with Jane Addams and the
establishment of Hull House, this film presents key figures in the development of the
social work profession and pivotal events in its history. Early segments focus on the work
of Mary Richmond and E. Franklin Frazier. The film goes on to explore Depression-era
developments in the profession and examines the contributions of social workers involved
with the Roosevelt administration such as Harry Hopkins, Frances Perkins, and Jane Hoey.
Social work's role in reintegrating the 16 million returning World War II soldiers into
civilian life is reviewed, and Whitney Young's efforts to fight racism on a national level
during the 1950s and early 1960s are detailed. The presentation ends looking at the recent
work of Ana Dumois in New York and the challenges facing the profession in the 21st
century.
This film is a collaboration of NASW and CSWE (Council on Social Work Education)
supported by the Brown Foundation, Inc., of Houston and produced by the Educational Film
Center of Annandale, Virginia. |
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