CLICK TO ORDER

Legacies of Social Change

100 Years of Professional Social Work in the United States

2001. Item #V16. 55 minutes. DVD.

$60.99

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.