Reminiscences of Gladys Ryland : oral history, 1978.

Biographical Note

Social worker, educator.

Scope and Contents

Small town life in Pennsylvania, 1900; changes in philosophy and activities of the Young Women's Christian Association from the 1920s to the 1970s; influence of psychoanalysis on social work theory and practice; social worker's role in psychiatric institutions; impressions of Gertrude Wilson, Karen Horney, Clara Kaiser and others.

Subjects

• Grayson, Vida S., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Interviews.
• Oral histories.
• Psychoanalysis.
• Ryland, Gladys, 1900-1980.
• Social psychiatry.
• Social workers--Interviews.
• Social work with people with mental disabilities.
• United States--Social conditions--1885-1918.
• Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The National Association of Social Workers, 1978. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact The National Association for information.