Abstract
Betty Ann McNeil profiles Louise de Marillac as “a prototype social worker whose social service interventions highlight how twenty-first-century social issues echo those of the seventeenth century.” In response to the political, religious, and social upheaval in seventeenth-century France, she and Vincent de Paul founded the Confraternities of Charity and the Daughters of Charity. These groups made innovative use of women’s leadership and organizational skills to provide the poor with quality care. McNeil explains how Louise’s “approach to serving people in need remains relevant for social work practitioners today.”
Recommended Citation
McNeil, Betty Ann D.C.
(2024)
"Louise de Marillac: Ingenuity, Mission, and Mystique,"
Vincentian Heritage Journal: Vol. 37:
Iss.
2, Article 2.
Available at:
https://via.library.depaul.edu/vhj/vol37/iss2/2