Grace Abbott

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Grace Abbott was an American social worker and reformer known for her leadership in child welfare and immigrant rights in the early 20th century.

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Grace Abbott canonical 3

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instanceOf child welfare advocate
human
immigrant rights advocate
social reformer
social worker
burialPlace Grand Island Cemetery, Grand Island, Nebraska, United States
causeOfDeath multiple myeloma
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1878-11-17
dateOfDeath 1939-06-19
educatedAt Central Community College – Grand Island Campus
surface form: Grand Island College

University of Chicago
employer Hull House
United States Children’s Bureau
endTime 1934 (as head of the U.S. Children’s Bureau)
familyName Abbott
fieldOfWork child welfare
immigration policy
labor reform
social work
fullName Grace Abbott self-link
genre social policy writing
givenName Grace
knownFor administration of federal child labor laws
advocacy for immigrant rights in the early 20th century
leadership in child welfare policy in the United States
memberOf Hull House
surface form: Hull House community
nativeLanguage English
notableAchievement first woman to be nominated for a Presidential Cabinet position in the United States (declined)
notableWork administration of the Keating–Owen Child Labor Act
advocacy for the Sheppard–Towner Maternity and Infancy Act
contributions to Social Security Act child welfare provisions
immigrant protection work in Chicago
occupation educator
social worker
placeOfBirth Grand Island, Nebraska
surface form: Grand Island, Nebraska, United States
placeOfDeath Chicago, Illinois, United States
positionHeld head of the United States Children’s Bureau
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States
Grand Island, Nebraska
surface form: Grand Island, Nebraska, United States
sexOrGender female
sibling Edith Abbott
startTime 1921 (as head of the U.S. Children’s Bureau)
workLocation Chicago, Illinois, United States
Washington, D.C.
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States

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Hull House notableResident Grace Abbott
Grace Abbott fullName Grace Abbott self-link
Edith Abbott sibling Grace Abbott