Edith and Grace Abbott collection, 1909-1951.

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Edith and Grace Abbott collection, 1909-1951.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52481775

The collection contains articles, book reviews, newspaper clippings, reports and correspondence. The materials deal with such subjects as social work, housing, child labor and juvenile delinquency.

0.5 linear ft.

University of Illinois at Chicago Library, UIC

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SNAC Resource ID: 7654590

University of Illinois at Chicago Library, UIC

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Abbott, Grace, 1878-1939

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Edith Abbott was born in Grand Island, Nebraska, in 1876. She received her A.B. from the University of Nebraska in 1901 and her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1905. From 1906 to 1908, she continued post-graduate studies in economics and political science at the University of London. In 1908, Edith returned to Chicago and became a resident of Hull House until 1920. Between 1908 and 1920, she served as Associate Director of the Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy at the...

Abbott, Edith, 1876-1957

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Edith Abbott was born in Grand Island, Nebraska in 1876, daughter of the state's first Lieutenant Governor, Othman A. Abbott. She received her A.B. from the University of Nebraska in 1901, her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1905, and spent the year 1906-1907 in post-graduate study at the University of London. Upon her return to Chicago in 1908, she became a resident of Hull House, where she remained until 1920. During this same period, 1908-1920, she served as Associate Director of the ...