The Sheppard-Towner Bill: For the Protection of Maternity and Infancy
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.
Children's Bureau
M 86 Box 1, <a href="http://search.vaheritage.org/vivaxtf/view?docId=vcu-cab/vircu00079.xml" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Roberta Wellford Collection of Women's Rights Ephemera 1915-1956</a>, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
U.S. Department of Labor
c. 1921
Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
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Learn more: <br /><a href="http://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/programs/child-welfarechild-labor/childrens-bureau-a-brief-history-resources/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Children's Bureau - A Brief History & Resources</a>, Social Welfare History Project<br /><a href="http://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/federal/lathrop-julia-clifford/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Julia Clifford Lathrop (1858-1932)</a>: First Chief of the Children’s Bureau and Advocate for Enactment of the Sheppard-Towner Maternity and Infancy Act of 1921
Protect our American Youth by Prohibiting the Liquor Traffic
Woman's Christian Temperance Union placard. A stick handle was once attached to this sign.
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
M 9 Box 51, <a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/vcu/repositories/5/resources/279.oai_ead.xml">Adèle Goodman Clark papers, 1849-1978</a>, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
<span>Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries</span>
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Learn more:<br /><a href="http://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/religious/the-temperance-movement/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Temperance Movement</a>, Social Welfare History Project<br /><a href="http://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/religious/women%E2%80%99s-christian-temperance-union/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Woman’s Christian Temperance Union</a>, Social Welfare History Project<br /><span><a href="http://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/show/185" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">An Address Delivered Before the Massachusetts Society for Suppressing Intemperance</a>, Social Welfare History Image Portal </span>