Miriam R. Cohn papers 1968-1981
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Cohn, Miriam R.
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Miriam R. Cohn was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She earned her B.A. in 1943 and her M.S.S.A. in 1945 from the University of Pittsburgh. She joined the faculty at the University of Minnesota in 1951, after serving for two years at the Wilder Foundation (St. Paul, Minnesota). She was a professor of social work, focusing on group social work, and director of the Minnesota Resource Center for Social Work Education, which she helped found. Miriam Cohn retired from the University in 19...
University of Minnesota. School of Social Work
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Social work education was first initiated at the University of Minnesota in 1917 via the Training Course for Social and Civic Work program within the department of sociology. The program consisted of five years of course work, resulting in a Master's degree, with the first awarded to Mary Agnes Meier in 1918. The School of Social Work was officially established in 1942, awarding a master's level degree, while an undergraduate degree could be obtained through the department of sociology. In the e...
