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Grace Longwell Coyle (1892–1962) was a highly influential thinker in the area of social work with groups. She wrote important books on the subject, and had great influence on the development of teaching group work concepts. ==Life== Grace Longwell Coyle was born in North Adams, Massachusetts in 1892. Her parents were John Patterson Coyle, a Congregational minister, and Mary Cushman Coyle. Her brother, David Cushman Coyle (1887–1969) wrote popular books on economics and public policy, and was appointed to Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Brain Trust". She graduated from Drury High School in 1910. She attended Wellesley College, where she was elected Phi Beta Kappa, and graduated with an AB in 1914. She worked as a volunteer at a Boston settlement house while at college. She won a scholarhip from the College Settlement Association to attend the New York School of Philanthropy, where she studied social work and earned a diploma in 1915. From 1915–17 Coyle was a settlement house worker in the coal mining region of northeast Pennsylvania, dealing with new immigrants and factory workers. From 1917–18 she was a field worker with the YWCA in Pittsburgh. From 1918–26 she was industrial secretary for the YWCA national board in New York City. In this role she was responsible for development of education and recreation programs for adult women in industrial jobs. In 1923 she developed one of the first group work courses at the School of Applied Social Sciences of Western Reserve University, Cleveland. Coyle decided that she needed a better understanding of economics, and was admitted to Columbia University in 1926, graduating in 1928 with an MA in economics. In 1931 she was given a PhD in sociology by Columbia. She became interested in the way that small groups function. Her doctoral thesis ''Social Progress in Organized Groups'' was published as a book in 1930. From 1930–34 she was head of the YWCA national laboratory division, directing research. In the summer of 1934 Coyle organized a two-week group work institute for forty YWCA and settlement house workers at Fletcher Farm School in Vermont. Grace Coyle taught from 1934 to 1962 at the School of Applied Social Sciences in Western Reserve University. In 1940 she became president of the National Conference of Social Work. Coyle was an advocate of expanding government services to reduce social problems. In 1942 she was appointed to the federal War Relocation Authority. In 1942 she was made president of the American Association of Social Workers. She was president of the Council on Social Work Education from 1958 to 1960. Grace Longwell Coyle never married. She died in 1962. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Grace Coyle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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