White, Mrs. Eva Whiting.

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Dates:
Birth 1885
Death 1974
Gender:
Female
Americans
English

Biographical notes:

Eva Whiting was born in Webster, Mass., in 1880, daughter of Frederick Herbert and Marie Emma (Le Roy) Whiting. In 1902 she married Wesley Dunn Allen White. Having earned the first B.S. in social work from Simmons College in 1907, she pursued graduate studies in social work at the University of Wisconsin and Columbia University.

Whiting was Headworker at Elizabeth Peabody House (EPH), 1909-1944; professor of social economy at Simmons College, 1922-1950; non-resident lecturer at Bryn Mawr College, 1917- 29; member of the Boston Board of Public Welfare, 1925-1947; director of the Americanization and Immigration Division of the Massachusetts Board of Education, 1927-1950; and president of the Women's Educational and Industrial Union of Boston, 1929-1952. She was also active in other city, state, and federal government agencies concerned with health, education, and immigration.

From the guide to the Papers, 1900-1965, (Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute)

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Subjects:

  • Adult education
  • Amateur theater
  • Amateur theater
  • Career education
  • Community organization
  • Housing
  • Housing
  • Occupational training
  • Public health
  • Public health
  • Public welfare
  • Public welfare
  • Social settlements
  • Social settlements
  • Social service
  • Social service
  • Social work education
  • Social workers
  • Social work with immigrants
  • Social work with immigrants
  • Vocational education
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Amateur theater
  • Housing
  • Public health
  • Public welfare
  • Social settlements
  • Social service
  • Social work with immigrants

Occupations:

  • Social workers

Places:

  • Boston, MA, US
  • Webster, MA, US

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