History of Social Work in Europe (1900–1960)

Prof. Dr. Sabine Hering, Education department, University of Siegen, Germany; Prof. Dr. Berteke Waaldijk, Women's Studies, University of Utrecht, Netherlands.

• Preface by the Editors.- Towards a ‘Women’s History’ of Social Work in Europe.- Biographical Studies.- Ilse Arlt: Enjoying Life on the Base of a Scientific Theory of Needs (Austria).- Nationalism, Feminism and Social Work in Interwar Romania. The Activities of Princess Alexandrina Cantacuzino (Romania).- ‘Start where the Client is’: Marie Kamphuis and the Professionalization of Dutch Social Work (Netherlands).- Hertha Kraus: Quaker Spirit and Competence. Impulses for Professional Social Work in Germany and the United States (Deutschland).- Gabriele Petkevicaite-Bite and Social Work of Women in Lithuania at the End of 19th and the Beginning of the 20th Century (Lithuania).- Helena Radlinska: A Portrait of the Person, Researcher, Teacher and Social Activist (Poland).- Jelena Stassowa — an Upper-Class Intellectual becoming an Activist of Red Aid (Russia).- A ‘Soldier of the Third International’. The Social Activities of the Swiss Communist Mentona Moser ((Switzerland).- Gender and Theory in the History of German Social Work — Alice Salomon, Herman Nohl and Christian Klumker (Germany).- The Locations of Women in the History of Social Work: Three Examples from German-Speaking Switzerland (Switzerland).- Studies on Organizations and Social Structures.- Social Policy and Social Work in 1928. The First International Conference of Social Work in Paris takes Stock.- The First International Comparison of Social Work Training. Alice Salomon’s Almost Forgotten Study from 1937.- “First-Aid Squad in the Class Struggle”. The ‘International Red Aid’ and Selected National Sections in Comparison.- Gender in the History of Social Work: Biographies of Male and Female Social Work Pioneers in Finland.- Enlightenment — Education — Social Reform. Concepts ofSociopolitical Activities in the Habsburg Province of Galicia.- Charity Organizations in Lithuania in 1900–1950.- Women in the History of Social Work in Portugal.- The Unfinished History of Social Work in Hungary.- Archival Research — Sources and Challenges.- Social Work in the Netherlands. Information Sources and their Problems.- The Development of Child Welfare Services in the Republic of Ireland 1900–1950. A Case Study in Archival Research in Historical Analysis.- Self Portraits of Archives.- International Information Center and Archives for the Women’s Movement (IIAV).- The German Central Institute for Social Issues (DZI).- The Alice-Salomon-Archives in Berlin.- The Archive of the German Women’s Movement in Kassel.- The Marie Kamphuis Archief (Marie Kamphuis Archive) for the History of Social Work in the Netherlands.- Information About Social Work Archives in Europe on the Net.- On the Authors.- Information about the “Network for Historical Studies of Gender and Social Work”.