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After beating up Maurice on the playground, Butterball is is forced to see the school therapist.

A biography of the social worker who defended the oppressed, promoted education for the poor, worked for world peace, and founded Hull House, a settlement house in the industrial slums of Chicago.

Presents a biography of Jane Addams, discussing how she overcame the limitations imposed on women in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to become a preeminent political reformer, feminist, and antiwar activist.

This book discusses careers for social workers in a variety of settings, such as community centers, schools, hospitals, prisons, and nursing homes, and emphasizes that clients need social workers who are trustworthy, compassionate, and fair.

Traces the life of the Hadassah women's organization's first president, who dedicated its activities to improving the living conditions of Jews in Palestine.

A biography of the social worker who promoted world peace and neighborhood cooperation.

Presents an overview of careers in the social services, with information on qualifications, training, salary, and outlook.

A biography of a rich girl who realized her childhood wish to live and work among the poor.

Describes the life and work of the woman whose work to help the poor in Chicago and around the world won her the Nobel Peace Prize.

Presents a brief profile of Jane Addams, who began a settlement house in Chicago in 1889 in order to provide help to the poor.

"After losing her parents, fifteen-year-old Ivy Hart is left to care for her grandmother, older sister and nephew as tenants on a small tobacco farm.

"After trying to help Benjamin Pearl, an undernourished, nearly feral eleven-year-old boy living in the Montana wilderness, social worker Pete Snow comes face-to-face with the boy's profoundly disturbed father, Jeremiah.

Discusses what it takes to achieve success in the field of human services, and gives practical advice on how to use vocational school, training programs, and college to obtain such careers as social worker, psychologist, addiction counselor, or daily living aide.

An illustrated biography of Jane Addams, who dedicated her life to helping immigrants to Chicago, Illnois.