Edith Abbott and the Chicago Influence on Social Work Education

Abstract

Edith Abbott exerted a significant and lasting influence on the shape of present day social work education. A pioneer in professional social work, and a close associate of Sophonisba P. Breckinridge, Edith Abbott incorporated social work training into the structure and educational policy of a university. In large measure, the curriculum that she designed defined the newly developing profession and widened the boundaries of the social welfare system that she intended the social work profession to direct and staff.

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