Background
Lindsay, Inabel Burns was born on February 13, 1900 in Saint Joseph, Missouri, United States. Daughter of Joseph Smith and Margaret L. Hartshorn (Hawkins) Burns.
Lindsay, Inabel Burns was born on February 13, 1900 in Saint Joseph, Missouri, United States. Daughter of Joseph Smith and Margaret L. Hartshorn (Hawkins) Burns.
Bachelor of Arts cum laude, Howard University, 1920. Urban League fellow New York School Social Work, 1920-1921. Master of Arts (University fellow), University of Chicago, 1937, postgraduate School Social Service Administration, summers 1938, 40.
Doctor Social Work, U. Pittsburgh, 1952.
Assistant to executive Cleveland Urban League, summer 1922. Teacher Lincoln High School, Kansas City, Missoury, 1922-1925. Social case work, Public Welfare Administration, 1926-1936.
Instructor, assistant charge division social work Howard University, 1937-1942, acting director, assistant professor, 1943-1945, associate professor, dean School Social Work, 1945-1951, professor, dean 1951-1983.
Visiting professor U. College West Indies, Jamaica, 1960-1961.
Member advisory council national organizations planning White House Conference on Children and Youth, 1950, chairman work group on minorities, 1960. Member Council Social Work Education (council delegations 1952), National Association Social Workers, National Conference Social Welfare (Chairman of Commission social research and social studies.
Married Arnett G. Lindsay, June 27, 1925.