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Famous for founding Chicago's Hull House, she took down corrupt political bosses by having herself appointed as the 19th Ward's official "Garbage Inspector", personally following the horse-carts at 6 AN to stop the spread of disease in the slums.
Who is Jane Addams?
The first woman to ever hold a U.S. Cabinet position, this social worker served as FDR's Secretary of Labor for 12 years and was the principal architect behind the creation of the Social Security Act of 1935.
Who is Frances Perkins?
Considered the pioneer of modern casework, she transformed social work into a recognized, scientific profession with the 1917 publication of her classic textbook, "Social Diagnosis".
Who is Mary Richmond?
Disguised as an infection-control nurse, this Polish social worker smuggled 2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw Ghetto, writing their real names on slips of paper and hiding them in milk jars buried under an apple tree.
Who is Irena Sendler?
In 1951, Johns Hopkins Hospital took a tissue sample from this woman without her consent; her "immortal" cells, known by the first two letters of her first and last names, became the bedrock of the polio vaccine and modern medical research.
Who is Henrietta Lacks?