Women in social work who have changed the world /
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Chicago, Ill. :
Lyceum Books,
[2010]
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Table of Contents:
- Katherine A. Kendall : the founder of international social work / Julia Watkins
- Professor Armaity Desai : reinterpreting social work in a developing country / Mahasweta Banerjee
- Sattareh Farman Farmaian : bringing social work education to Iran / Alice Lieberman
- Ada Deer : from a one-room cabin to the highest levels of government / Hilary Weaver
- Ambassador Wendy R. Sherman : a social worker at the forefront of foreign policy / Alice Lieberman
- The honorable Barbara Mikulski : fighting for social justice in the United States Senate / Kathryn Collins and Marcelline Lazzari
- Minister Alicia Kirchner : fighting poverty and inequality in Argentina / Irene Queiro-Tajalli
- Nazneen S. Mayadas : an advocate for refugees worldwide / Uma A. Segal
- Aida Luz Maisonnet Giachello : improving health in the Latino/a community / Margaret S. Sherraden
- Quratulain Bakhteari : a community development pioneer in Pakistan / Alice Lieberman
- Theresa Kaijage : the "Mama Teresa" of Tanzania / Dorie Gilbert
- Mulu Haile : an advocate for Ethiopian women / Alice K. Butterfield and Tigest Abye
- Sister Patricia Schlosser : from SRO's to women exiting prison, a true pioneer / Patricia O'Brien
- Reverend Debra Trakel : fighting for Milwaukee's hungry, homeless, and displaced / Deborah Padgett
- Sister Jean Abbott : bringing hope to victims of trauma worldwide / Jami Curley and Susan S. Tebb.