Suzanne Morton taught Canadian history at McGill University between 1992 and 2025, specializing in gender, the state, and Atlantic Canada.

‘This is a remarkable book about a seemingly unremarkable woman… In this rich case study of Jane Wisdom’s career in Canadian social work, Suzanne Morton has made a major contribution to Canadian gender and social welfare history.’- James Struthers (Canadian Historical Review, vol 96:03:2015) ‘Since Morton has framed her masterful examination of the emerging Canadian welfare state within Wisdom’s career, it will be virtually impossible for future scholars of the Canadian welfare state to ignore the role of women in its on-the-ground construction.’- Sarah Glassford (Acadiensis, vol 44:01:2015) ‘In this evocative, thoughtfully crafted, and engagingly written political biography of social worker Jane wisdom, Suzanne Morton traces the large historical processes of liberal welfare state expansion and the professionalization of social work through the life and carrier of one individual woman.’- Lara Campbell (Labour/Le Travail, vol 76: Fall 2015)

• AbbreviationsAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter One – Saint John: Religion, Philanthropy and the Poor Law, 1884-1909Chapter Two – McGill: The Ethos of Female Service, 1903-1911Chapter Three – Montreal: Charity, Social Service and Philanthropy, 1903-1912Chapter Four – New York City: Private Agency Work, 1910-1916Chapter Five – Halifax: Bureaucratization, Emergencies and the Progressive State, 1916-21Chapter Six – Montreal and Cape Breton: Social Work Training and Professionalization, 1921-1939Chapter Seven – The Women’s Directory of Montreal and Private Agency Work, 1923-1939Chapter Eight – Glace Bay: Exploring Public Welfare, 1940-1952Conclusion – Sutherland’s River, 1952-1975Endnotes

Suzanne Morton taught Canadian history at McGill University between 1992 and 2025, specializing in gender, the state, and Atlantic Canada.

‘This is a remarkable book about a seemingly unremarkable woman… In this rich case study of Jane Wisdom’s career in Canadian social work, Suzanne Morton has made a major contribution to Canadian gender and social welfare history.’- James Struthers (Canadian Historical Review, vol 96:03:2015) ‘Since Morton has framed her masterful examination of the emerging Canadian welfare state within Wisdom’s career, it will be virtually impossible for future scholars of the Canadian welfare state to ignore the role of women in its on-the-ground construction.’- Sarah Glassford (Acadiensis, vol 44:01:2015) ‘In this evocative, thoughtfully crafted, and engagingly written political biography of social worker Jane wisdom, Suzanne Morton traces the large historical processes of liberal welfare state expansion and the professionalization of social work through the life and carrier of one individual woman.’- Lara Campbell (Labour/Le Travail, vol 76: Fall 2015)

• AbbreviationsAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter One – Saint John: Religion, Philanthropy and the Poor Law, 1884-1909Chapter Two – McGill: The Ethos of Female Service, 1903-1911Chapter Three – Montreal: Charity, Social Service and Philanthropy, 1903-1912Chapter Four – New York City: Private Agency Work, 1910-1916Chapter Five – Halifax: Bureaucratization, Emergencies and the Progressive State, 1916-21Chapter Six – Montreal and Cape Breton: Social Work Training and Professionalization, 1921-1939Chapter Seven – The Women’s Directory of Montreal and Private Agency Work, 1923-1939Chapter Eight – Glace Bay: Exploring Public Welfare, 1940-1952Conclusion – Sutherland’s River, 1952-1975Endnotes

Suzanne Morton taught Canadian history at McGill University between 1992 and 2025, specializing in gender, the state, and Atlantic Canada.

‘This is a remarkable book about a seemingly unremarkable woman… In this rich case study of Jane Wisdom’s career in Canadian social work, Suzanne Morton has made a major contribution to Canadian gender and social welfare history.’- James Struthers (Canadian Historical Review, vol 96:03:2015) ‘Since Morton has framed her masterful examination of the emerging Canadian welfare state within Wisdom’s career, it will be virtually impossible for future scholars of the Canadian welfare state to ignore the role of women in its on-the-ground construction.’- Sarah Glassford (Acadiensis, vol 44:01:2015) ‘In this evocative, thoughtfully crafted, and engagingly written political biography of social worker Jane wisdom, Suzanne Morton traces the large historical processes of liberal welfare state expansion and the professionalization of social work through the life and carrier of one individual woman.’- Lara Campbell (Labour/Le Travail, vol 76: Fall 2015)

• AbbreviationsAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter One – Saint John: Religion, Philanthropy and the Poor Law, 1884-1909Chapter Two – McGill: The Ethos of Female Service, 1903-1911Chapter Three – Montreal: Charity, Social Service and Philanthropy, 1903-1912Chapter Four – New York City: Private Agency Work, 1910-1916Chapter Five – Halifax: Bureaucratization, Emergencies and the Progressive State, 1916-21Chapter Six – Montreal and Cape Breton: Social Work Training and Professionalization, 1921-1939Chapter Seven – The Women’s Directory of Montreal and Private Agency Work, 1923-1939Chapter Eight – Glace Bay: Exploring Public Welfare, 1940-1952Conclusion – Sutherland’s River, 1952-1975Endnotes