

@mastersthesis {6327,
	title = {A portrait of {Marion} {Edwena} {Kenworthy}: {Psychiatrist} in social work},
	year = {1996},
	note = {9631782},
	school = {Columbia University},
	type = {phdPh.{D}.},
	address = {Ann Arbor},
	abstract = {This is a biographical study of Dr. Marion Kenworthy (1891-1980), who, in the male dominated profession of psychiatry, prospered and gained leadership status in part because she established a professional niche for herself through her affiliation with the social work profession. During the first half of the twentieth century the social work academic environment was particularly supportive of career-minded women. At the same time, Dr. Kenworthy held a unique position with regard to social workers who generally adopted a reverential attitude towards the profession of psychiatry, and who viewed Dr. Kenworthy as a spokesperson for a scientifically based orientation to the study of human behavior. Dr. Kenworthy was a pioneer in bringing psychoanalytic concepts into social casework. During her thirty-six year teaching career at the New York School of Social Work (now the Columbia University School of Social Work) she taught an estimated 25,000 students. Dr. Kenworthy was a strong advocate of interdisciplinary teamwork between psychiatrists, social workers and psychologists. Among the first psychiatrists interested in child psychiatry, she is also recognized for helping to create and oversee social work student placements at the Bureau of Children{\textquoteright}s Guidance. Her advocacy, networking and consulting abilities helped social workers gain status and professional ground in the field of mental hygiene during W.W.II. Dr. Kenworthy gained a significant following among other influentials who subsequently helped her expand professional opportunities for social workers and gave time and money to her numerous socially-minded endeavors. When she retired in 1956, her admirers contributed \$400,000 to the Columbia University School of Social Work to fund a Chair in Psychiatry in her name. Today the Marion E. Kenworthy Chair in Psychiatry is fully endowed. Carrying on her tradition of private financing of socially significant programs, she established the Kenworthy-Swift Foundation which provides grants to social service projects.},
	keywords = {0304:Biographies, 0347:Mental health, 0452:Social work, 0453:Womens studies, Biographies, Health and environmental sciences, Kenworthy, Language, literature and linguistics, Marion Edwena, Mental health, Social sciences, Social work, Womens studies},
	url = {http://search.proquest.com/docview/304299453?accountid=14270},
	author = {Sperling, Rebecca Linn}
}
