| Joan Laird, Ann Hartman - 1985 - 904 ˹éÒ
...enactment, in 1912, of a federal bureau for children. The charge to the Bureau was broad, namely to "investigate and report upon all matters pertaining to the welfare of children and child life among all classes of our people" (Act Establishing the Children's Bureau, 1912). The first Chiefs of... | |
| Patrick E. Brookhouser, Karen J. Authier - 332 ˹éÒ
...the United States Children's Bureau. This public agency was charged with investigating and reporting upon "all matters pertaining to the welfare of children and child life among all classes of people" (Childrens Bureau Act of 1912). Child labor and high rates of infant mortality... | |
| Robert H. Bremner - 1988 - 313 ˹éÒ
...public funds to maintain small children in own homes 1912 Congress establishes US Children's Bureau "to investigate and report upon all matters pertaining to the welfare of children and child life among all classes of our people" 1913 Rockefeller Foundation chartered by state of New York "to promote... | |
| James K. Whittaker - 228 ˹éÒ
...federal government's responsibility for dependent children; and the mandate given to the Bureau to "investigate and report . . . upon all matters pertaining to the welfare of children and child life among all classes of our people . . ." suggested a public responsibility to monitor the well-being... | |
| Robyn Muncy - 1994 - 240 ˹éÒ
...Children's Bureau during the reforming fervor of 1912. The new agency received a broad mandate, which was to "investigate and report upon all matters pertaining to the welfare of children and child life among all classes of our people." Among the issues suggested for study were "infant mortality, the... | |
| Christopher Jencks, Paul E. Peterson - 2001 - 508 ˹éÒ
...stigmatized (as mothers' pensions unfortunately did). The Children's Bureau was established in 1911 to "investigate and report . . . upon all matters pertaining to the welfare of children and child life among all classes of our people."35 The bureau's chief, Julia Lathrop, mobilized women's associations... | |
| Robert Hamlett Bremner - 364 ˹éÒ
...Congress urging favorable action on the measure. The functions proposed for the new bureau were to . . . investigate and report . . . upon all matters pertaining to the welfare of children and child life among all classes of our people, and . . . especially . . . the questions of infant mortality, the... | |
| Donald F. Kettl - 2011 - 236 ˹éÒ
...stigmatized (as mothers' pensions unfortunately did). The Children's Bureau was established in 1911 to "investigate and report . . . upon all matters pertaining to the welfare of children and child life among all classes of our people." 3S The bureau's chief, Julia Lathrop, mobilized women's associations... | |
| Molly Ladd-Taylor - 1995 - 228 ˹éÒ
...Department of Commerce and Labor, the Children's Bureau was conceived as a research agency designed to "investigate and report , . . upon all matters pertaining to the welfare of children and child life among all classes of our people." The law specifically mentioned infant mortality, employment, juvenile... | |
| Noralee Frankel - 1991 - 212 ˹éÒ
...Commerce and Labor, the Children's Bureau was originally conceived as a research agency designed to "investigate and report . . . upon all matters pertaining to the welfare of children and child life among all classes of our people." The law specifically mentioned infant mortality, juvenile delinquency,... | |
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