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

The author of Social Casework

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 that came to be known as "separate but equal". This was overturned some years later.

Assistance to people provided in their own homes

Nearly 3/4's of those receiving these benefits are employed, while 2/3rds are elderly, children, or disabled; one of the nation's most important social welfare programs

Enacted in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by white Democratic-dominated state legislatures after the Reconstruction period, these laws enforced legal serration and remained legally enforceable until 1965.

The first woman to be appointed to the cabinet of a U.S. President. As President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Secretary of Labor, Perkins drafted much of the New Deal legislation in the 1940s.

This 1920 amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote, a right that required a lengthy and difficult struggle over decades to achieve what many Americans considered a radical change of the Constitution. Few early supporters lived to see final victory.

Multipurpose social service agencies established in poor immigrant communities by upper middle class women who established 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 with a specific need

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

This man served as executive director of the National Urban League while also serving as dean for the Atlanta School of Social Work. President of NASW in the 1960's, he was a noted expert in American race relations and believed to be an inspiration for Johnson's War on Poverty.

On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in this case that a fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples by the Fourteenth Amendment, and that states must allow same-sex marriage.

There were massive reductions in social welfare spending during this president's administration, driven in part by forces who believed that the War on Poverty was a failure and that social welfare had encouraged social decadence.

This child was believed to be the first protected as a victim of child abuse, with guidance provided by laws protecting animals, in the late 1800's

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

Landmark decision issued in 1973 on the issue of the constitutionality of laws that criminalized or restricted access to this 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

An example of fiscal welfare, this program is for low and middle income wager earners and has been enormously successful lifting working families out of poverty.

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.

A landmark United States Supreme Court case that struck down Section 4(B) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which contains the coverage formula that determines the jurisdictions subjected to preclearance of changes proposed for any changes in voter laws or practices based on their histories of discrimination.

On June 25, 2013, the Court ruled by a 5-to-4 vote that Section 4(b) is unconstitutional because the coverage formula is based on data over 40 years old, making it no longer responsive to current needs and therefore an impermissible burden on the constitutional principles of federalism and equal sovereignty of the states.[2][3] The Court did not strike down Section 5, but without Section 4(b), no jurisdiction will be subject to Section 5 preclearance unless Congress enacts a new coverage formula.[4] Court ruled by a 5-to-4 vote that Section 4(b) is unconstitutional because the coverage formula is based on data over 40 years old, making it no longer responsive to current needs and therefore an impermissible burden on the constitutional principles of federalism and equal sovereignty of the states.[2][3] The Court did not strike down Section 5, but without Section 4(b), no jurisdiction will be subject to Section 5 preclearance unless Congress enacts a new coverage formula.[4]