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Amy Dahlberg Chu is a Ph.D. candidate in American History at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. She received a B.A. in History of Science from Harvard University in 1995. Amy specializes in social welfare history, the Progressive Era, and cultural and intellectual history. Her dissertation, "A Laboratory of Democracy: One Progressive Movement's Search for Social Health, 1900-1980," chronicles the history of the hospital social service movement, which was initiated in Boston in 1905. Dr. Richard C. Cabot, social worker Ida M. Cannon, and other Unitarians played a pivotal role in the early development of the movement. Amy's study examines the philosophical and religious ideas that inspired hospital social service and considers how they played a role in shaping social welfare policy in the United States.
Prior to her graduate studies, Amy worked as an editor in the scientific publishing industry. In 1999-2000, she was also the project coordinator and script author for the Boston History Collaborative's "Innovation Odyssey," a historical tour that highlights biomedical, technological, financial, and educational innovations that originated in Boston. Amy lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her husband, Julian, and their one-year-old son, Jalen.
Articles:
Richard Cabot
Ida Maud Cannon