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The Women's Joint Congressional Committee and the politics of maternalism, 1920-30
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The Women's Joint Congressional Committee and the politics of maternalism, 1920-30 / Jan Doolittle Wilson.
ISBN
9780252031670 (cloth : alk. paper)
0252031679 (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2007.
Physical Description
x, 245 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 29, 2007
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-237) and index.
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.
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