Social work has been fortunate in its forebears, in large part because it was one of the few acceptable outlets for the talents and energies of educated women in an earlier era. In fact, social work history and female leadership are inextricably intertwined. This articles tells of three extraordinary social work leaders, one from Germany, one from the United Kingdom, and one from the United States. Social workers today have much to learn from Alice Salomon, Eileen Younghusband, and Edith Abbott.
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