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Barba, Roberta Ashburn was born on June 23, 1931 in Morgantown, West Virginia, United States. Daughter of Robert Russell and Mary Belle (Rogers) Ashburn.
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Roberta Ashburn Barba
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Roberta Ashburn Barba, American social worker, writer. Diplomate in American Board Examiners; licensed New York, West Virginia. Grantee George Davis Bivens Foundation, 1953-1954. Member National Association of Social Workers (charter member, certified diplomate), American Civil Liberties Union, National Organization of Women, Academy Certified Social Workers, West Virginia Human Resources Association, Phi Beta Kappa.
Education
BSSW, West Virginia University, 1953. Postgraduate, University Connecticut, Hartford, 1954. The Master of Science in Social Work, New York University, 1957.
Career
Private practice, West Virginia, since 1968; evaluator, P.A.C.E., Star City, West Virginia, 1973-1974; social worker, Family Svc. Association, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1974-1975, 85-87; human resources assistant, social worker, Sundale Rest Home, Morgantown, 1977-1979; consultant, residential services specialist, Coordinating Council for Indiana Living, Morgantown, 1983-1988; provider, West Virginia Department Welfare, Human Superior vena cava syndrome, Morgantown, 1980-1987; social worker maternity services, Monongalia County Health Department, Morgantown, 1985-1987; social worker, Hospice of Preston County, Kingwood, West Virginia, 1988-1989; shelter worker, field work instructor Bartlett House, West Virginia School Social Work, Morgantown, 1986-1990; case manager, Region VI Area Agency on Aging, Fairmont, West Virginia, 1990-1992; case manager geriatric program, West Virginia University, Morgantown, 1992-1995; retired, 1995.
Achievements
Membership
Member NASW (charter member, certified diplomate), American Civil Liberties Union, National Organization for Women, Academy Certified Social Workers, West Virginia Human Resources Association, West Virginia Child Care Association, Monongalia County Council Social Agys, Phi Beta Kappa.
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Married Harry C. Barba, January 28, 1956 (divorced June 1963). 1 child, Gregory Robert. Married Robert Franklin Church, May 10, 1972.
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American