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St. Cloud State University

The Minnesota university where Beverly Stadum served on the faculty of the Department of Social Work, anchoring her career as a social welfare historian and scholar of women, families, and poverty.

Beverly Stadum Social Work Faculty St. Cloud, MN

Overview

St. Cloud State University was the professional home of Beverly Stadum's academic career — the place from which her scholarship on poor women, child labor reform, and Travelers Aid reached a public audience.

Beverly's academic journey led her into social work and history, eventually bringing her to a faculty position in the Department of Social Work at St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minnesota, on the banks of the Mississippi River. From this base she published Poor Women and Their Families: Hard Working Charity Cases, 1900–1930 (SUNY Press, 1992) and scholarly articles on child labor reform and Duluth's Travelers Aid services, establishing herself as a historian who listened carefully to the voices of marginalized women in the archives.

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St. Cloud State University sits along the Mississippi River in St. Cloud, central Minnesota, about an hour northwest of the Twin Cities.

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Beverly Stadum (Social Work faculty) Beverly's Social History Story St. Cloud State Era Rugby, ND