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A Right to Childhood
Kriste Lindenmeyer
其他書名
The U.S. Children's Bureau and Child Welfare, 1912-46
出版University of Illinois Press, 1997
主題History / GeneralHistory / United States / 20th CenturyHistory / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)Political Science / Public Policy / Social Services & WelfarePolitical Science / American Government / NationalSocial Science / Social Work
ISBN02520657789780252065774
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=RRSqbUBRK2EC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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.