Born in 1908, Georgia Travis set out on her long and illusrious career
in medical social work in 1931. Armed with a Master's degree from
the University of Chicago's School of Social Service Administration,
Georgia Travis career took her from the remote valleys of rural Tennessee
and the dust bowl of the Depression to the faculty of San Diegon State
University. Georgia Travis retired in Northern California in
the 1970's only to begin a "new" career in the 1980's as
an outspoken advocate of care for the growing number of homeless.
Georgia Travis passed away in 2002. Her
legacy lives on, in 1992, organization's such as the Junior League
of San Jose and the American Association of University Women recognized
her contribution to this country and thanks to their advocacy a day-time
drop in center was opened. This one of a kind facility was named in
honor of Georgia Travis in recognition of her tireless efforts to
champion the causes of low-income women and children.
Her professional history provides a record
of mid-20th century development of medical social work in America.
It is also the record of a remarkable life of caring for the
country's sick and poor-especially for other people's children.