title: Harriet Tubman's last work: the Harriet Tubman Home for Aged and Indigent Negroes.
abstract: This article focuses on the important contributions the venerable Harriet Tubman made to the field of housing for older persons and other populations at risk. It uses an historical approach to document the importance of early housing and self-help initiatives in the African American community. It embraces Harriet Tubman and other early housers for their good works and acknowledges them as contributors to the rich legacy of community social work practice and its sage principles of empowerment and self-help. The article presents a nexus between the current housing status of older Blacks and the double jeopardy status imposed by historical discrimination.
authors.forename: Sandra Edmonds
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Crewe
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000266:history*; D000368:Aged; D047831:American Civil War; D017028:Caregivers; D005260:Female; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006707:Homes for the Aged / Q000266:history*; D006801:Humans; D008489:Medical Indigency / Q000266:history*; D009518:New York; D011287:Prejudice; D012947:Social Work / Q000266:history*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States