Friendly Visiting among the Poor: A Handbook for Charity Workers

"Friendly Visiting among the Poor: A Handbook for Charity Workers" by Mary Ellen Richmond is a manual from the late 1800s offering advice on charity work, teaching people how to help poor families by building real relationships with them instead of just giving them things. The handbook stresses that it's important to understand that poor families are all different, emphasizes treating whole families. The handbook starts by showing how the author wants to give important tips to people who do charity work and make real bonds with the families instead of offering meaningless help. Richmond prepares to talk about the different problems and best ways to help poor people. She shows how important a person's character is and how community connections can make things better.