Title The Women's Joint Congressional Committee and the politics of maternalism, 1920-30 / Jan Doolittle Wilson

Published Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2007] ©2007

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Description 1 online resource Series Women in American history Women in American history. Contents 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 Summary 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, the WJCC evolved into a powerful lobbying force for the legislative agendas of twelve million women, and was recognized by critics and supporters alike as the most powerful lobby in Washington.? _x000B__x000B_Through a close examination of the WJCCs most consequential and contentious campaigns, Jan Doolittle Wilson demonstrates organized womens strategies and initial success in generating congressional and grassroots support for their far-reaching, progressive reforms. By using the WJCC as a lens through which to analyze womens political culture during the 1920s, the book also sheds new light on the initially successful ways women lobbied for social legislation, the inherent limitations of that process for pursuing classbased reforms, and the enormous difficulties faced by women trying to expand public responsibility for social welfare in the years following the Nineteenth Amendments passage._x000B_ Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-237) and index Notes English Description based on print version record Subject Women's Joint Congressional Committee. SUBJECT Women's Joint Congressional Committee fast Subject Women -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 20th century Women social reformers -- United States -- History -- 20th century Women -- United States -- Societies and clubs -- History -- 20th century Pressure groups -- United States -- History -- 20th century Social legislation -- United States -- History -- 20th century Maternal and infant welfare -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History Child labor -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations. HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century. Child labor -- Law and legislation Maternal and infant welfare -- Law and legislation Pressure groups Social legislation Women -- Political activity Women social reformers Women -- Societies and clubs United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2019718670 ISBN 9780252092916 0252092910 1283583283 9781283583282 9786613895738 6613895733

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