Revolution

Social Welfare in the United States

By Sandra Leal

  • Progressive Era

  • Charity Organizations Society (COS)- Mary Richardson

    Charity Organizations Society (COS)- Mary Richardson
    Buffalo, New York 1877
    First organized effort to eliminate poverty by identifing the causes of poverty and developing a plan to eliminate the causes of poverty.

  • The Settlement Movement

  • The Friendly Visitor

    Baltimore, Maryland

  • Great Depression

    Great Depression

  • World War II and after

  • Social Reform Years

  • Retrenchment