Thomas Story Kirkbride

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Thomas Story Kirkbride: References & Edit History

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	May 08, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Dec 12, 2023
	Anniversary information added.		Jul 27, 2023
	Add new Web site: The Social Welfare History Project - Biography of Thomas Story Kirkbride.	Aakanksha Gaur	Jan 13, 2016
	New article added.	Noah Tesch Philip M. Ferguson	Nov 05, 2014