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A 7 page research paper that examines the history of social work in regards to women's poverty, beginning in the colonial period to the present. The writer argues that a look at the welfare reform of recent decades demonstrates how the perspective of Social Darwinism has persisted, under a different guise, demonizing the poor. The ramifications of this in regards to social are discussed. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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poverty. However, an examination of women in poverty, from a perspective provided by the evolution of role of the social worker, demonstrates that the way the poor, including women, were
regarded has changed over the course of time. This evolution equates with a decline in how poverty, and the poor, are regarded. Beginning this survey with the colonial era, this
examination shows that, originally, the poor were not blamed for their condition, but merely regarded as victims of fate and social welfare was regarded as a moral obligation. Then, as
industrialization brought changes in society, the increase in the numbers of those in poverty prompted a change in paradigm that began the process of shifting the blame for poverty onto
the poor. This culminated in the Social Darwinism of the late nineteenth century, which translated social relief as actually opposing the good of society. Finally, a look at the welfare
reform of recent decades will demonstrate how the perspective of Social Darwinism has persisted, under a different guise. The ramifications of this in regards to social work are discussed.
While there were no private charitable trusts or official ecclesiastical welfare institutions in the New World, early European settlers in North America felt a "strong sense of social obligation and
community solidarity which...provided a sufficient rational for local responsibility" (Trattner, 1999, p. 16). Furthermore, the poor were viewed as a "God-given opportunity for men to do good" (Trattner, 1999, p.
16). The rise of industrial capitalism in the early nineteenth century disrupted traditional forms of social relief, throwing the poor law system into crisis (Abramovitz, 1996a). Beginning in roughly
the 1820, the process of capitalist development began to move the US from fourth to being the most industrialized national in the world (Abramovitz, 1996a). Poverty wages paid to
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