Abbott, Edith (1876-1957)

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University of Chicago

WILPF International Summer School (1924)

Jane Addams to Edith Abbott, September 15, 1909

Jane Addams to Edith Abbott, August 10, 1910

Laura J. Wylie to Edith Abbott, November 12, 1910

Maude E. Marshall to Edith Abbot, February 8, 1911

Jane Addams to Edith Abbott, July 6, 1911

Jane Addams to Edith Abbott, July 18, 1911

Jane Addams to Edith Abbott, July 28, 1911

Jane Addams to Edith Abbott, August 8, 1911

Jane Addams to Grace Abbott, August 18, 1911

Jane Addams to [Grace or Edith?] Abbott, August 17, 1912

Jane Addams to [Grace or Edith?] Abbott, August 31, 1912

Jane Addams to Edith Abbott, February 7, 1913

Jane Addams to Edith Abbott, January 21, 1916

Jane Addams to Edith Abbott, March 8, 1916

Anna Garlin Spencer to Jane Addams, April 27, 1920

Jane Addams to Edith Abbott, August 29, 1921

Jane Addams to Edith Abbott, February 1, 1922

Jane Addams to Edith Abbott, June 28, 1922

Jane Addams to Edith Abbott, September 18, 1922

Jane Addams to Edith Abbott, June 6, 1923

Jane Addams to Edith Abbott, February 28, 1924

Jane Addams to Edith Abbott, October 8, 1924

Jane Addams to Edith Abbot, January 17, 1926

Jane Addams to Edith Abbott, October 6, 1926

Jane Addams to Edith Abbott, November 19, 1926

Jane Addams to Edith Abbott, January 14, 1927

Jessica Blanche Peixotto to Edith Abbott, March 9, 1927

Jane Addams to Sophonisba P. Breckinridge, August 6, 1911

Norah Hamilton to Jane Addams, August 14, 1911

Jane Addams to Sophonisba P. Breckinridge, August 16, 1911

Alice Salomon to Jane Addams, December 11, 1911

Jane Addams to Gino C. Speranza, January 30, 1912

Grace Abbott to Anna Lathrop Case, July 27, [1912]

Suggestions for Advisory Committee Membership, Progressive Service Committee, January 28, 1913

Frances Alice Kellor to Jane Addams, February 5, 1913

Jane Addams to Grace Abbott, August 19, 1913

Jane Addams to Sophonisba P. Breckinridge, August 25, 1913

Jane Addams to Grace Abbott, September 4, 1913

Jane Addams to Catharine Waugh McCulloch, August 21, 1914

Jame B. McCreary to Unknown, April 7, 1915

Byron Rufus Newton to Unknown, April 7, 1915

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, July 12, 1916

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, July 15, 1916

Harriet Park Thomas to Jane Addams, August 8, 1916

Jane Addams to Esther Loeb Kohn, September 18, 1916

The Second Annual Meeting of the Woman's Peace Party, December 9, 1916

Jane Addams to Henrietta Roelofs, January 30, 1917

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, June 21, 1917

Jane Addams to Roger Nash Baldwin, June 7, 1918

Anna Garlin Spencer to Jane Addams, ca. April 26, 1920 (draft)

Mary Rozet Smith to Esther Loeb Kohn, August 22, 1921

Jane Addams to Grace Abbott, September 7, 1921

Alice Hamilton to Jane Addams and Julia Clifford Lathrop, June 12, 1922

Julia Clifford Lathrop to Jane Addams, June 24, 1922

Julia Clifford Lathrop to Jane Addams, June 25, 1922

Jane Addams to Manley Ottmer Hudson, November 6, 1922

Rosika Schwimmer to Jane Addams, January 8, 1924

Gertrud Baer to Jane Addams, June 19, 1924

Amy Woods to Jane Addams, August 31, 1924

Jane Addams to Amy Woods, September 4, 1924

Jane Addams to Emily Greene Balch, November 19, 1924

Jane Addams to Emily Greene Balch, November 21, 1924

Lillian D. Wald to Jane Addams, ca. January 1925

Florence Kelley to Jane Addams, May 14, 1925

Vilma Glücklich to Jane Addams, May 26, 1925

Vilma Glücklich to Jane Addams, May 27, 1925

Anna Garlin Spencer to Jane Addams, September 12, 1925

Jane Addams to René Sand, August 23, 1926

René Sand to Jane Addams, September 3, 1926

Mary Rozet Smith to Ida Lovett, May 24, 1927

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Birth Date

1876-09-26

Death Date

1957-07-28

Birthplace

Grand Island, NE

Biographical Text

Edith Abbott was a social worker, economist, and educator who graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1901 and earned a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago. In 1908, she became the associate director of the Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy. In 1924, she was named dean of the University of Chicago's School of Social Service Administration, a position she held until her retirement in 1942. Abbott authored studies on the treatment of criminals, prisons, crime, and immigration. She was a member of the Wickersham Commission, which studied immigration, she advised the International Labour Office of the League of Nations, and she advocated for federal relief during the Depression. She served as president of the American Association of Schools of Social Work and was president of the National Conference of Social Work. Abbott was the older sister of Grace Abbott.