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

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This is the first comprehensive history of the Womens Joint_x000B_Congressional Committee (WJCC), a large umbrella organization_x000B_founded by former suffrage leaders in 1920 in order to coordinate organized womens reform. Encompassing nearly every major national womens organization of its time, t...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Wilson, Jan Doolittle, 1972-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2007]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Women's Joint Congressional Committee.
Women > Societies and clubs.
Women social reformers.
Women > Political activity.
Social legislation.
Pressure groups.
Maternal and infant welfare > Law and legislation.
Child labor > Law and legislation.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
Femmes > États-Unis > Associations > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Reformatrices sociales > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Femmes > Activite politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Child labor > Law and legislation > United States > History.
Maternal and infant welfare > Law and legislation > United States > History.
Social legislation > United States > History > 20th century.
Pressure groups > United States > History > 20th century.
Women > United States > Societies and clubs > History > 20th century.
Women social reformers > United States > History > 20th century.
Women > Political activity > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

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