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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