Etta Horn was a prominent welfare rights advocate. As an activist, she worked alongside other anti-poverty organizers to improve the living conditions of low-income DC residents. Though she had many successes, Horn is widely celebrated for her work with the Citywide Welfare Alliance.
Pioneering American feminist, educator, and social reformerof the 1800s
The whole life of Mathilda Wrede was dedicated to prisoners and other sufferers.
An artist, social reformer, women’s rights campaigner and co-founder of Girton College, Cambridge, Barbara Bodichon challenged the status quo from day one.
Co-founder of the Volunteers of America
English philanthropist, suffragist and social reformer
American author, and journalist, better known as Jennie June
Edith Abbott, an economist, social worker and women’s equality campaigner, was the first American woman to be appointed the dean of a graduate school in the United States.
British politician and social reformer
Eileen Younghusband’s career in social work education began in the 1930s and continued till her death in 1981.