What the Employers of America Can Do for the Disabled Soldiers & Sailors

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Title

What the Employers of America Can Do for the Disabled Soldiers & Sailors

Description

Issued by the Federal Board for Vocational Education, Washington, D.C.; Series: Monograph ; no. 3.; Vocational Rehabilitation Series ; no. 3 

"The great American Congress felt the pulse of the Nation. It has charged the Federal Board for Vocational Education with the specific task of reeducating, retraining all disabled soldiers and sailors to take their place in the world as independent, self-supporting citizens. YOU, the employers of America, are charged with the duty of cooperation."

Federal Board for Vocational Education Members:

David F. Houston, Chairman, Secretary of Agriculture
James P. Munroe, Vice Chairman, Manufacture and Commerce
William C. Redfield, Secretary of Commerce
Charles A. Greathouse, Agriculture
William B. Wilson, Secretary of Labor
Arthur E. Holder, Labor
P. P. Claxton, Commissioner of Education

Executive Staff:

Layton S. Hawkins, Chief Vocational Education Division
Charles H. Winslow, Chief Research Division
J. A. C. Chandler, Chief Rehabilitation Division
Lewis H. Capris, Assistant Director for Industrial Education
F. G. Nichols, Assistant Director for Commercial Education
Josephine T. Berry, Assistant Director for Home Economics Education
W. H. Hummel, Assistant Director for Agricultural Education 

Compare the cover illustration to this poster titled, "Keep'em Smiling!"

Creator

United States. Federal Board for Vocational Education.

Source

Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries

Publisher

Government publication

Date

1918 November

Contributor

Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries

Rights

This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.

Notes

Learn more:
Disability Rights & Universal Design, Social Welfare History Project

Citation

United States. Federal Board for Vocational Education., “What the Employers of America Can Do for the Disabled Soldiers & Sailors,” Social Welfare History Image Portal, accessed March 19, 2024, https://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/show/4.