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The American Children's Bureau In The New Deal Time

Posted on:2012-11-03Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:W J ZhaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155330332489777Subject:World History
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In the end of 19th century end and the 20th century initial period, while the American industrialization and the urbanization gradually realized, the infants' high mortality rate and the child laborer question became very serious. In the effort of the woman reformers who moved toward the society in the Progress Era, the American Children's Bureau was founded diligently in 1912. Through the development of previous 20 years, the American Children's Bureau gradually moved toward prosperity in the American New Deal time . The American Children's Bureau set up the example for the American child welfare policy in the 20th century, promoted the American child welfare's improvement and the enhancement. The function which and existence some limitations The article mainly dissertate the activities that the American Children's Bureau waged and the function and some limitations under the Roosevelt New Deal which was the open social environment.In the mean time , the American Children's Bureau can provid some uses for reference for our country's child welfare work . This article is divided four chapters:The first chapter mainly elaborates the development condition of the Children's Bureau before Roosevelt New Deal.In the progress principle movement time, in order to deal with the infants' high mortality rate question and the child laborer question, the woman reformers who moved toward the society rushed about positively and urged Congress to pass the bill about the establish of the Children's Bureau.Before the great economical depression, the Children's Bureau obtained the preliminary development, and the affection to social strengthened . In this time ,the activity and achievement of the Children's Bureau have laid the good foundation for the Children's Bureau's rapidly expand in the New Deal time.The second chapter emphatically elaborates the activities of the Children's Bureau in the New Deal time. The great economical depression has made the American children and the Children's Bureau get into a difficult situation, but through New Deal the Roosevelt government provided the advantageous opportunity for the development of the Children's Bureau. The Children's Bureau participated in constituting the children provisions of the Social Security Act,and executed the provisions such as mother and child health, children with disabilities and child welfare uader the Social Security Act; At the same time, in order to maintain the child laborer rights and interests the Children's Bureau continued to try hard. Through these activities, the Children's Bureau entered a prosperous period.The third chapter summarises the reason why the Children's Bureau prospered in the New Deal time . The law has provided the powerful safeguard for the Children's Bureau, cleaned some disadvantage factors; The Roosevelt government has provided the open social environment and the good opportunity for the Children's Bureau ;The support from the woman statesman made the Children's Bureau have the strong backing.Finally, the conclusion appraises the Children's Bureau in the New Deal time.According to the activities and achievements of the Children's Bureau , the simple evaluation of the organization from the positive and negative aspects: The Children's Bureau in this time has the pivotal status on its entire development process, and plays a very important part in American child welfare history, its policy and experience is good for the China's child welfare work; On the other hand, the Children's Bureau still at that time encountered some questions and the criticism at that time.In brief, through this article, it is not only good for clearly understanding the important status of the Children's Bureau in the history of American children welfare ,but also to provide beneficial model for our country's child welfare work, the Children's Bureau in the New Deal time has the important enlightenment to our country's child welfare work.
Keywords/Search Tags:Roosevelt New Deal, Chlidren's Bureau, Social Security Act, Fair Labor Standards Act
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