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Mayor Frank Zeidler was Wisconsin’s last socialist mayor.

Mass racial violence last for several days over a wide area of West London as groups of white people, often Teddy Boys or individuals linked to far-right organisations, would attack black individuals as they walked through the streets or sometimes even at their homes.

Originally Published February 22, 1919 | JAMA. 1919;72(8):565- 567.

Yeheskel “Zeke” Hasenfeld was an influential author and a trusted mentor of UCLA Luskin students for more than three decades.

Arlien Johnson, the School’s founding director, became a leading social work educator and theorist guided by the belief that, in her words: Social change is inevitable, but human needs are the same from one generation to another.

Debs ran for President five times, captivating crowds by the tens of thousands.

Striking workers walk by covered trucks during the 1919 General Strike.

Above: Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor under President Delanore Roosevelt, talking with construction workers as she received first hand information on the Golden Gate Bridge Project as it was under construction in the 1930s. Born in 1880, Perkins grew up in a middle-class household in Worcester, Massachusetts. After graduating from Mt. Holyoke University, she was drawn to social work as the Progressive movement of the early 20th century took shape.

Miss Hoey has been president of the New York State Conference of Social Work and vice president of the National Conference of Social Work, and secretary of the American Association of Social Workers.

Melton Francis, MSW

Isabelle Kelley in 1955 receiving an award for superior service from Ezra Taft Benson, the secretary of agriculture, for helping to administer the Special Milk Program for schoolchildren.