Edith Abbott

Edith Abbott ( born September 26, 1876 in Grand Iceland, Nebraska; † July 28, 1957 ibid ) was an American social scientist and social reformer.

Life

Edith Abbott studied economics at the University of Chicago and in 1905 received his doctorate. At the Chicago School of Civics and Philanthrophy it was built in 1908 assistant to Sophonisba Breckinridge. Together with her sister Grace, she moved in, founded by Jane Addams in the 1880s charity Hull House. Both sisters were convinced that not only the humiliating poor laws have been eliminated, but poverty itself

After receiving her doctorate Abbott embarked on a trip to Europe and spent some time at the London School of Economics. There, she met Beatrice and Sidney Webb and know their ideas.

In the 1920s, the School of Civics and Philanthrophy was incorporated into the University of Chicago was called the School of Social Service Administration. Edith Abbott was Dean of the School and held this job from 1924 to 1942. In this role, she made future social workers and social workers not only practical, but rather gave them a university knowledge in political science, economics, law, medicine, psychology, sociology, labor problems and labor law, and immigration studies and civics. The thus-formed social workers could, as she was convinced not only treat the symptoms of society, but would also have the skills to make those in government science-based suggestions for improvement.

Together with Breckinridge and her sister Grace founded Edith Abbott, 1927, the social science journal Social Service Review.

Edith Abbott retired in 1953 with 76 years of professional life back, but continued working as editor of the Social Service Review. She died in 1957 of pneumonia.

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