Papers, 1914-1985

Vieillot, Marie-Therese, 1888-1985

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Marie-Thérèse Vieillot, social worker, was born in France about 1888. While working as an army nurse during World War I, she met Dr. Richard Cabot and Henry Copley Greene, who encouraged her to go to Boston to study social work. She studied at the Simmons College School of Social Work, l920-1921, and became friendly with many leaders of the social work movement, including Ida M. Cannon at Massachusetts General Hospital. On her return to France, Vieillot introduced social case work ...

Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958

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Dorothy Canfield Fisher (February 17, 1879 – November 9, 1958) was an educational reformer, social activist, and best-selling American author in the early 20th century. She strongly supported women's rights, racial equality, and lifelong education. Eleanor Roosevelt named her one of the ten most influential women in the United States. In addition to bringing the Montessori method of child-rearing to the U.S., she presided over the country's first adult education program and shaped literary taste...

Dewson, Mary (Molly) Williams, 1874-1962

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From the guide to the Papers, 1893-1962, (Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute) Mary ("Molly") Williams Dewson (February 18, 1874 - October 21, 1962) was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, to Edward Henry Dewson and Elizabeth Weld (Williams) Dewson. After earning her A.B. degree from Wellesley College (1897), Dewson was hired as secretary of the Domestic Reform Committee of the Women's Educational and Industrial Union in Boston. She left this position in 1900 ...

Greene, Henry Copley, 1871-

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Hurlbutt, Mary E.

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Cannon, Ida M. (Ida Maud), 1877-

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