Lilian Brandt
Lilian Brandt | |
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Born | May 15, 1873 Indianapolis, Indiana , U.S. |
Died | June 4, 1951 | (aged 78)
Occupation | Author, historian, philanthropist |
Alma mater | Wellesley College |
Notable works | The Negroes of St. Louis: A Statistical Study, The Causes of Poverty, The Social Aspects of Tuberculosis |
Lilian Brandt (1873–1951) was an American author, historian, philanthropist, and social reformer. She is noted for her involvement in social welfare-related projects, particularly her works that compiled and interpreted statistical and factual information for social workers.[1] Brandt was also a historian of the Russell Sage Foundation.[2]
Background
Brandt was born May 15, 1873[1] in Indianapolis.[3] She graduated at Wellesley College, where she also completed a master's degree in economics and history in 1901.[3] It is said that her graduate studies reoriented her focus from humanities to practical social science and reform.[3] Her thesis called The Negroes of St. Louis: A Statistical Study was later published by the American Statistical Association.[4][5]
After completing her undergraduate studies, Brandt started teaching history and classical languages in different colleges. Her early work on social welfare attracted the attention of Edward T. Devine, who appointed her in 1902 as the secretary of the
Brandt died June 4, 1951.[2] She was 78 years old.
Works
The Negroes of St. Louis: A Statistical Study is considered one of Brandt's notable works due to its groundbreaking conclusions. In this study, she explored the issue of poverty among African-Americans. One of her findings revealed that Black entrepreneurs had the tendency to draw in, close off, and target people of their own race.[8] Other related works that directly addressed poverty include The Causes of Poverty (1908), which highlighted the assumptions that explained the persistent differences in the conceptualization of poverty as well as the consequences of these differences in theoretical orientations.[3]
Brandt also worked as a statistician for the New York Charity Organization Society's Committee on the Prevention of Tuberculosis. During this period she published two pioneering studies, The Social Aspects of Tuberculosis and the Facts about Tuberculosis. These publications identified the socioeconomic factors that contributed to the persistence of the disease.[9] She also suggested that data in many of America's largest cities have underestimated the death rates from tuberculosis.[10]
References
- ^ a b Congress, The Library of. "LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". id.loc.gov. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8203-4842-1.
- JSTOR 3376841.
- ^ House of Representatives (1907). United States Congressional Serial Set. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 117.
- ^ Carpenter, Ruth (May 23, 1906). "Annual Meeting of Electoral Board". Wellesley College. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
- OCLC 37806197.
- ISBN 978-0-307-76595-6.
- ISBN 978-1-4408-5849-9.
- ISBN 978-0-19-029101-3.
External links
Works by or about Lilian Brandt at Wikisource