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

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Maud Wood Park, 1921. (Courtesy of Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University) Florence Kelley, 1925. (Courtesy of Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University) Carrie Chapman Catt, 1930. (Courtesy of Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University) Women’s Joint Congressional Committee members Lida Hafford, Maud Wood Park, Mrs. Arthur C. Watkins, Ethel Smith, and Louise Stanley calling at the White House to lobby the president’s support for the Sheppard-Towner Maternity and Infancy Bill, 1921. (Courtesy of Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University) “Who Wants the Child Labor Amendment Ratified? Who Wants the Child Labor Amendment Defeated? Leaflet produced by the Massachusetts Committee on Ratification of the Child Labor Amendment. (Courtesy of Manuscript and Archives Division, Library of Congress) “Which Side Are You On?” Leaflet produced by the Women’s Trade Union League during the Massachusetts campaign for ratification of the child labor amendment. (Courtesy of the Manuscript and Archives Division, Library of Congress) “Do You Want Your Children to Grow Up to Be Helpful or to Be Loafers?” Leaflet produced by the Citizens’ Committee to Protect Our Homes and Children during the Massachusetts campaign against ratification of the child labor amendment. (Courtesy of the Manuscript and Archives Division, Library of Congress) “Let Illinois—the State of the Great Emancipator—Not Fail to Ratify the Federal Child Labor Amendment .” Pamphlet produced by the Illinois Joint Committee for Ratification of the Child Labor Amendment . National League of Women Voters Papers, Series II, Box 21. (Courtesy of the Manuscript and Archives Division, Library of Congress ) ...