玛丽·艾伦·里士曼是社会工作实务原则的重要奠基人之一。虽然只接受过中学教育,但她始终保持着献身公共事务的热情和公民意识,先后在“慈善组织会社”和纽约拉塞尔·赛奇基金会从事慈善工作。她将毕生的精力都贡献于推动社会工作的专业化和社会公平。在社会工作的专业化和职业化的历史中,里士曼所著《社会诊断》和《社会个案工作是什么》是最为重要的两部著作。回顾一个世纪前里士曼确立社会工作专业方法的时代背景和具体路径,对我国社会工作的发展具有重要启示:一是回应社会需求,在社会福利整体中确定社会工作的专业地位;二是扎根实务,在搜集和整理现有资料的基础上构建中国社会工作理论。 Mary Allen Richman is one of the important founders of the principles of social work. Although she has only received secondary education, she has always maintained her devotion to public affairs and her civic awareness. She has worked in charitable organizations such as Charitable Organizations and the Russell Schiech Foundation in New York. She devotes her whole life’s energy to promoting specialization and social fairness in social work. Among the specializations and professionalizations of social work, Richman’s “social diagnosis” and “what is the work of social cases?” Are the two most important books. Recalling a century ago Richman established professional background of social work methods and specific path, the development of our social work has important implications: First, in response to social needs, in the social welfare as a whole to determine the professional status of social work; Second, take root Practice, build the theory of Chinese social work on the basis of collecting and arranging the existing information.