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The Women’s Joint Congressional Committee and the Politics of Maternalism, 1920-30

The Women’s Joint Congressional Committee and the Politics of Maternalism, 1920-30 by Jan Doolittle Wilson

Table of Contents:

Introduction
The emergence of the WJCC
The lobby for the Sheppard-Towner Bill, 1921
Opposition to the state campaign for Sheppard-Towner, 1921-23
The crusade for the child labor amendment, 1922-24
Allies and opponents during the battle for ratification, 1924
Defeat of the child labor amendment, 1924-26
The struggle to save the Sheppard-Towner Act, 1926-30
The impact of right-wing attacks on the WJCC and its social reform agenda, 1924-30
Conclusion.