| LC control no. | n 82151087 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Abbott, Grace, 1878-1939 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Chicago (Ill.) Washington (D.C.) |
| Located | Chicago (Ill.) |
| Birth date | 1878-11-17 |
| Death date | 1939-06-19 |
| Place of birth | Grand Island (Neb.) |
| Place of death | Chicago (Ill.) |
| Affiliation | Immigrants' Protective League (Chicago, Ill.) Hull-House (Chicago, Ill.) Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy United States. Children's Bureau United States. Children's Bureau University of Chicago National Conference of Social Work (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Social workers |
| Found in | Abbott, Grace. The immigrant and the community, 1917: title page (Grace Abbott, director of the Immigrants' Protective League, Chicago, Illinois) Who was who in America, 1897-1942: (Abbott, Grace, social worker; born Grand Island, Neb. Nov. 17, 1878; Ph.B., Grand Island College, 1898; University of Nebraska, 1902-1903; Ph.M. in Political Science, University of Chicago, 1909; teacher, Grand Island High School, 1899-1902 and 1903-1907; director, Immigrants' Protective League, 1908-1917; resident, Hull House, Chicago, 1908-1915; member faculty Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy ,1910-1917; dir child labor division of Children's Bureau, Washington, D.C., 1917-1919; exec. sec. Illinois Immigrants Commission, 1920-1921; chief of U.S. Children's Bureau, 1921-1934; professor of public welfare, editor Social Service Review, University of Chicago; President, National Conference Social Work, 1924; home: Chicago, Ill.; died June 1, 1939) |
| Associated language | eng |
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