Reminiscences of Helen Harris Perlman : oral history, 1980.

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Reminiscences of Helen Harris Perlman : oral history, 1980.

Childhood in Minnesota; University of Minnesota, BA 1926; early social work experience with Jewish Social Service Bureau of Chicago, 1927-1932; student, New York School of Social Work; courses with Grace Marcus, Fern Lowry, and Gordon Hamilton; influence of Sigmund Freud on career; professor, University of Chicago, from 1945 on methods of eaching social work; theories of social work.

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Helen Harris Perlman was born on December 20, 1905 in St. Paul, Minnesota. She earned her B.A. degree from the University of Minnesota in 1926 and attended the New York School of Social Work from 1933 to 1934. In 1943, she earned her master's degree in social work from Columbia University. In 1945, she joined the faculty at the University of Chicago as an assistant professor in social work. The University of Chicago awarded her The Samuel Deutsch Distinguished Service Professorship, which is the...