Legislation enacted in Great Britain between 1300 and 1600 that created a formal system of relief for the poor.

The notion that benefits should never exceed the lowest paying wage

These volunteers, the forerunners of modern social work, provided moralistic charity in hopes of uplifting the poor through religious redemption

This early social worker was the author of Social Diagnosis

This 1896 ruling upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality - a doctrine of separate but equal.

Assistance to people provided in their own homes.

75% of adult non-disabled recipients hold jobs, while 2/3rds are elderly, children, or disabled; one of the nation's most important social welfare programs.

Enacted in the late 18th and 19th centuries by white Democratic-dominated state legislatures after the Reconstruction period, these laws enforced legal segregation until being outlawed in 1965.

The first woman to be appointed to the cabinet of a U.S. President. As FDR's Secretary of Labor, this person drafted much of the New Deal legislation.

After nearly a century of protest, and what some Americans considered a radical change of the Constitution, in 1920 this constitutional amendment gave women the right to vote.

Multipurpose social service agencies established in poor immigrant communities by upper middle class white women who would establish their residence here.

The Social Security Amendments of 1965 created this benefit by adding Title XIX to the Social Security Act; joint federal/state program that assists those of low income and resources to meet a need.

An early child welfare intervention in the late 1800's for children in Eastern cities living in poverty; nearly 200,000 were affected by the strategy

A social worker and civil rights trailblazer, he served as the executive director of the National Urban League while also serving as dean for the Atlanta School of Social Work. He was president of NASW in the late 1960s, a noted expert in race relations, and believed to be the inspiration for Johnson’s War on Poverty

This was a landmark civil rights case in which the ruling guaranteed same-sex couples the fundamental right to marry.

There were massive cutbacks in social welfare spending during this president's tenure, spurred in part by the belief that the war on poverty had failed as well as a belief that provision of social welfare benefits undermined social mores.

The disabled, including children, and elderly without sufficient work quarters, may be eligible for this benefit.

This child is believed to be the first protected as a victim of child abuse in the late 1800's, with guidance provided by the Society to Prevent Cruelty to Animals.

the first woman - a social worker - to be elected to the U.S. Senate.

Landmark decision issued in 1973 on the constitutionality of laws that criminalized or restricted access to a form of women's health care

Some see this 1996 legislation as a disciplinary approach to the poor, while others consider it needed welfare reform.

This fiscal welfare benefit is available to low and middle income earners and has been very successful lifting families out of poverty.

Before these were passed in the 60's and 70's, family privacy superseded children's interests in safety and protractedness.

This Maryland social worker, who got her start at Baltimore City DSS, was the longest serving senator in American history prior to her retirement in 2017.

This Supreme Ct decision struck down provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which required that states and counties with a history of discrimination receive approval before any changes in voting laws or practices.