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British Journal of Social Work 2008 38(4):716-733; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn014
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© The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The British Association of Social Workers. All rights reserved

Transatlantic Transfers in Social Work: Contributions of Three Pioneers

Rebecca L. Hegar

Rebecca L. Hegar, Professor of Social Work at the University of Texas at Arlington, has a long standing interest in the history of social work in Europe and the U.S.A.

Correspondence to Professor Rebecca L. Hegar, Ph.D., School of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington, Box 19129, Arlington, TX 76019–0129, USA. Email: rhegar{at}uta.edu


  Abstract

Internationalism has been a prominent theme in the transatlantic history of social reform, and many pioneering social workers championed the causes of peace, war relief, human rights, and international avenues for dispute resolution. For some, internationalism was inseparable from social welfare. Jane Addams in the United States, Alice Masaryk of Czechoslovakia, and Alice Salomon of Germany were central figures during the early 20th century in transatlantic campaigns for social reform and international co-operation, as well as in the emergence of social work. This article draws from letters, autobiographies, and published works of these three pioneers to reconstruct their social networks and to examine their contributions to the transatlantic transfer of knowledge. International diffusion of thought and practice has high salience for a profession embracing change in the 21st century.

Keywords: social welfare history, internationalism, Czech Republic, Germany, United States


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