FMST 303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Settlement Movement, Charity Organization Society, Social Darwinism

• School: Towson University
• Department: Family and Human Services
• Course: FMST 303
• Professor: Jones- Eversley

Document Summary

Intellectual antecedents of social work: the progressive era. O(cid:272)ial dar(cid:449)i(cid:374)is(cid:373) (cid:271)elie(cid:448)ed that (cid:862)(cid:271)iologi(cid:272)al i(cid:373)perati(cid:448)es (cid:272)aused so(cid:272)ial pro(cid:271)le(cid:373)s su(cid:272)h as inequality and poverty, and they had to be addressed by intellectual, college- educated persons and system reformers. Reform darwinists- belief that human evolution would move in a positive direction if environmental conditions were changed to promote human well-being. Reformers like jane adams open up settlement house address poverty. First emerged at the end of the 19th century during the progressive era. Immigration and urban conditions: begi(cid:374)(cid:374)i(cid:374)g of afri(cid:272)a(cid:374) a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a(cid:374)s" (cid:373)igratio(cid:374) to north. Social problems of the period: unemployment, poverty, unsafe working conditions, child labor, overcrowded tenement housing, public health. Middle class reformers- prototypes of social workers. Profiles in leadership: (mary harris) mother jones, 1838-1930: Work with coal miners: west virginia & pennsylvania. Involvement with knights of labor: helped people with the fever, wanted to make a difference for those who survived even though her family did not make it.