https://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/browse?tags=Sheppard-Towner+Bill&sort_field=Dublin+Core%2CTitle&output=atom2024-03-29T06:18:10+00:00Omekahttps://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/show/104 "The Social Hygiene Committee of the National League of Women Voters believes in the right of the individual to knowledge of laws of physical, mental and racial health, and stands ready to lend its support to public appropriations for agencies qualified to disseminate such education."]]>2020-09-05T17:21:27+00:00
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Programme of Social Hygiene Legislation of the National League of Women Voters
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This pamphlet was created by Dr. Valeria H. Parker, National Chairman of the Social Hygiene Committee of the National League of Women Voters, and outlines outlines the League's general platform and stances regarding the abolition of commercialized prostitution, venereal disease control, and "delinquents, minors and defectives." Similarly, this pamphlet includes legislation and congressional appropriations endorsed by the National League of Women Voters.
"The Social Hygiene Committee of the National League of Women Voters believes in the right of the individual to knowledge of laws of physical, mental and racial health, and stands ready to lend its support to public appropriations for agencies qualified to disseminate such education."
The Sheppard-Towner Bill: For the Protection of Maternity and Infancy
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A pamphlet in support of the Sheppard-Towner Bill (S. 1039, H. R. 2366) for the Protection of Maternity and Infancy. This bill "permits the formation of an advisory committee consisting of the Commissioner of Education, the Surgeon-General of the U.S. Public Health Service, and the Secretary of Agriculture" to improve "instruction in the hygiene of maternity and infancy through public health nurses, consultation centers, and other suitable methods." The pamphlet outlines what the bill is, what it is not, what it costs, and why it is necessary.
]]>https://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/show/168 Two-page spread (p.1142-1143) "Child Welfare in Black and White -- Part II" uses maps to show states' responses to child welfare issues, including compulsory schooling, child labor, the establishment of juvenile courts.]]>2020-08-17T21:16:36+00:00
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Woman Citizen, April 17, 1920
Description
Article concerning the third publication in the Children's Bureau series on illegitimacy, "Illegitimacy as a Child Welfare Problem" (Bur. Pub. No. 66). Lists seven minimum standards for illegitimate children's welfare as adopted by the Children's Bureau and the Intercity Conference on Illegitimacy.
Two-page spread (p.1142-1143) "Child Welfare in Black and White -- Part II" uses maps to show states' responses to child welfare issues, including compulsory schooling, child labor, the establishment of juvenile courts.