Gender examination of educational literature on history of social work

Abstract

Тhe article deals with the gender expertise of teaching aids on the history of social work as an educational component in the process of training future social workers, which allowed to identify typical discriminatory practices - the quantitative imbalance in the representation of persons of both sexes, the representation of individuals of different sexes only in stereotyped gender roles, the lack of facts of using a gender sensitive language. As a positive one, it should be noted that since the nineteenth century. The role of the women's movement in protecting the rights and support of the disadvantaged, in particular women and children, as well as the role of women in the institutionalization of vocational training of social workers is highlighted.