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A Right to Childhood: The U.S. Children's Bureau and Child Welfare, 1912-46 Paperback – April 1, 1997

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      Warring factions in the United States like to use children as weapons
        for their political agendas as Americans try to determine the role--if
        any--of the federal government in the lives of children. But what is the
        history of child welfare policy in the United States? What can we learn
        from the efforts to found the U.S. Children's bureau in 1903 and its eventual
        dismemberment in 1946?
      This is the first history of the Children's Bureau and the first in-depth
        examination of federal child welfare policy from the perspective of that
        agency. Its goal was to promote "a right to childhood," and
        Kriste Lindenmeyer unflinchingly examines the successes--and the failures--of
        the Bureau. She analyzes infant and maternal mortality, the promotion
        of child health care, child labor reform, and the protection of children
        with "special needs" from the Bureau's inception through the
        Depression, and through all the legislation that impacted on its work
        for children. The meaningful accomplishments and the demise of the Children's
        Bureau have much to tell parents, politicians, and policy-makers everywhere.
 
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    384 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    University of Illinois Press
  4. Publication date
    April 1, 1997
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 1.3 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0252065778
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0252065774
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Kriste Lindenmeyer is an associate professor of history at Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Illinois Press (April 1, 1997)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0252065778
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0252065774
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.24 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.3 x 9 inches
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Kriste Lindenmeyer has written a fabulous book on the development of services for children and women prior to and including the Social Security Act. She begins by exploring and explaining the development of the National Children's Bureau which was the first federal agency designed and headed by women. The development of the children's bureau came about with the recognition that children should not be forced laborers at young ages. As a part of the Progressive Movement of the early 20th century, the Children's Bureau worked towards the end of child labor and the development of the Mother's Pension program which was a precurser to the ADC program. By providing this history of the early years in the development of the welfare program and it's origins in the care of widows and orphans, Lindenmeyer gives historians, social workers, politicians and all those interested in the history of the first half of the 20th century an important view of the development of policy and the key players in the development of programs such as mandatory free public schooling for children. This book is well-written, accurate and interesting. The reader is able to move from policy to people and back again with a clear understanding of the pracitical aspects of the Chidlren's Bureau and what they desired to accomplish. Overall, well written, interesting and a most enjoyably educaitonal book.
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