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Title
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Grimy Hands Learn to Love Needlework
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Description
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Article profiling the work of Mrs. J. M. Curtice teaching children of immigrants to sew at the Swope Settlement House, located at 16th and Campbell. Curtice is described by the author as one of the pioneers of Swope Settlement, and in 1916 had a class of 60 girls between the ages of 6 and 14 years who visited the house twice a week for classes.
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Date
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1916-12-03
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Psychiatric Care
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Description
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Photograph of what appears to be a poster featuring three unidentified health care providers. It reads: "Psychiatric Social Service, The psychiatric social worker, physician, and nurse confer in working out an effective plan for medical care for the mental patient."
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Date
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1950~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Hospital Adult Patient Care
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Description
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Interior view with patient lying in bed captioned: Hospital Service - Medical social worker plans with patient appliance care and assistance for his family during long period of illness. Probably taken at General Hospital.
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Date
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1947~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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She's Retired, But Not Resting
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Description
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Article on former director of social services for Children's Mercy Hospital, Alice Kitchen. Kitchen began volunteering at the Guadalupe Center in the 1950s as a teenager, and the experience prompted her to pursue a career in social work. She spent 20 years at Children's Mercy raising funds and organizing programs to assist both children and their parents. Since retiring in 2009, Kitchen has made two human rights observation trips to Honduras as a member of an international activist organization.
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Date
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2012-07-01
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
