Activist Grace Abbott

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Grace Abbott

Living place: Nebraska

Birthday: 17-11-1878

Global rank: #68773

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Who is Activist Grace Abbott?
Remembered for his activism work on behalf of immigrants and children, this American social worker and sociologist of the early 20th century served as Director of the Children's Office of Labor Division. of the United States, and as such, oversaw the implementation of the Keating-Owen Act of 1916. Her publications include The Child and the State (1938) and The Immigrant and the Community (1917). Towards the end of her life, she worked for the Social Security Administration, where she helped develop the Social Security Act.
 
 

Young / Before famous

She graduated from Grand Island College in the late 1890s and worked as a teacher before earning a diploma in social work from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. After relocating to Illinois, she received an advanced degree in political science at the University of Chicago and later became a professor at the same school.

Family life info

Born in Grand Island, Nebraska, to Elizabeth Griffin and Nebraska Deputy Governor Othman Ali Abbott, she and her sister, Edith Abbott, are both influential social workers.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Activist Grace Abbott?
When she moved to Chicago in the 1900s, she lived in Hull House, a residence founded by her social worker Jane Addams.

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When was Activist Grace Abbott born?
Grace Abbott was born in 17-11-1878, death year is , at the age of 146.
Where is Activist Grace Abbott's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Grace Abbott was born in Nebraska, . is a Activist, whose Zodiac is Scorpius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Tiger. Grace Abbott's global rank is 68773 and whose rank is 113 in list of famous Activist.
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Events in 1878 and 17-11

Birthday Grace Abbott (17-11) in history

  • Day 17-11 year 1558: Queen Elizabeth I of England took the throne after the death of her half-sister Queen Mary.
  • Day 17-11 year 1800: Congress met in Washington, DC, for the first time.
  • Day 17-11 year 1869: The Suez Canal opened in Egypt.
  • Day 17-11 year 1917: Sculptor Auguste Rodin died in Meudon, France.
  • Day 17-11 year 1968: Night of the "Heidi bowl:" NBC switched from football to movie of Heidi. In the missing 42 seconds, the lagging Raiders scored two touchdowns, defeating the Jets.
  • Day 17-11 year 1973: President Nixon said "I am not a crook."
  • Day 17-11 year 1989: The beginning of the "Velvet Revolution," which led to the downfall of communism in Czechoslovakia.
  • Day 17-11 year 2003: Arnold Schwarzenegger was sworn in as governor of California.
  • Day 17-11 year 2019: The world's first case of covid-19 was detected in Wuhan, Hubei, China.
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