Social Work and the Civil War
In pursuit of its primary mission, the United States Civil War Center has set as its primary goal for 1999 the creation of a separate page for each profession, occupation, and academic discipline to provide factual, exploratory, and speculative perspectives on the Civil War. The material you find on this page represents a beginning; whether modest or ambitious, it is only a beginning.
Purpose of the Interdisciplinary Project
From the Contributor:
I personally want to welcome you to this page on the relationship of the
Civil War to the field of social welfare and to the beginnings of the social
work profession. The use of a "social work lens" to explore the Civil War era
should lead not only to a greater understanding of the development of social
work and social welfare, but also to new perspectives on this central event
in American history. The following material is intended to whet your interest;
please send comments, suggestions, references, etc.
Example Application of Social
Work
What were the formal and informal responses to the problems the war and Reconstruction created for communities, families, and individuals - e.g. loss of the family breadwinner; illness; disruption of community life; poverty; displacement of persons through desertion from the army, loss of farm land, and the freeing of the slaves; etc.?
Contributors:
Back to Interdisciplinary page
Currently, this page is incomplete, but we hope you will not
leave it so.
The Center welcomes the participation of experts in the creation of each page.
Non-experts may also contribute by making comments that open up inquiry
or by asking specific or general questions.
Last modified: 6/19/02
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