The Women's Joint Congressional Committee and the politics of maternalism, 1920-30 / Jan Doolittle Wilson.
2007
HQ1236.5.U6 W56 2007 (Mapit)
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The Women's Joint Congressional Committee and the politics of maternalism, 1920-30 / Jan Doolittle Wilson.
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9780252031670 (alk. paper)
0252031679 (alk. paper)
0252031679 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2007.
Language
English
Description
x, 245 p., [6] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
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HQ1236.5.U6 W56 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification
331.3/1097309042
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-237) and index.
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Women in American history
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Table of Contents
Introduction
The emergence of the WJCC
The lobby for the Sheppard-Towner Bill, 1921
Opposition to the state campaign for Sheppard-Towner, 1921-23
The crusade for the child labor amendment, 1922-24
Allies and opponents during the battle for ratification, 1924
Defeat of the child labor amendment, 1924-26
The struggle to save the Sheppard-Towner Act, 1926-30
The impact of right-wing attacks on the WJCC and its social reform agenda, 1924-30
Conclusion.
The emergence of the WJCC
The lobby for the Sheppard-Towner Bill, 1921
Opposition to the state campaign for Sheppard-Towner, 1921-23
The crusade for the child labor amendment, 1922-24
Allies and opponents during the battle for ratification, 1924
Defeat of the child labor amendment, 1924-26
The struggle to save the Sheppard-Towner Act, 1926-30
The impact of right-wing attacks on the WJCC and its social reform agenda, 1924-30
Conclusion.