Children's Bureau Centennial
Taft With Text
Article on the Children's Bureau 50th Anniversary. Source of photo in newspaper was U.S. Children's Bureau.
Text: Ends Child Doom - President William Howard Taft signed the Act creating the Children's Bureau on April 9, 1912. During past 50 years, the Act signed by Taft has diminished inhumane industrial practices and has led to a dramatic decrease in infant mortality and an end to Child Labor in sweatshops, mines and fields at slave wages. The Bureau had a staff of 16 and a budget of $25,000 a year when it began under Julia Lathrop.
Photo Credit: Maternal and Child Health Library in Georgetown
Taft With Text
Article on the Children's Bureau 50th Anniversary. Source of photo in newspaper was U.S. Children's Bureau.
Text: Ends Child Doom - President William Howard Taft signed the Act creating the Children's Bureau on April 9, 1912. During past 50 years, the Act signed by Taft has diminished inhumane industrial practices and has led to a dramatic decrease in infant mortality and an end to Child Labor in sweatshops, mines and fields at slave wages. The Bureau had a staff of 16 and a budget of $25,000 a year when it began under Julia Lathrop.
Photo Credit: Maternal and Child Health Library in Georgetown