| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:United_States_federal_law 
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                                | gptkbp:administeredBy | gptkb:Children's_Bureau 
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                                | gptkbp:alsoKnownAs | gptkb:Maternity_and_Infancy_Act 
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                                | gptkbp:enactedBy | gptkb:United_States_Congress 
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                                | gptkbp:fundedBy | state health programs 
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                                | gptkbp:historicalSignificance | first major federal social welfare program in the United States 
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                                | gptkbp:influenced | later maternal and child health programs 
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                                | gptkbp:influencedBy | Progressive Era reforms 
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                                | gptkbp:opposedBy | gptkb:American_Medical_Association 
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                                | gptkbp:provides | federal funding for maternity and child care 
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                                | gptkbp:purpose | reduce maternal and infant mortality 
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                                | gptkbp:repealedBy | 1929 
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                                | gptkbp:requires | state matching funds 
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                                | gptkbp:signedBy | gptkb:Warren_G._Harding November 23, 1921
 
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                                | gptkbp:sponsor | gptkb:Horace_Mann_Towner gptkb:Morris_Sheppard
 
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                                | gptkbp:startDate | 1921 
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                                | gptkbp:target | pregnant women infants
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Warren_G._Harding_administration gptkb:President_Warren_G._Harding
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 6 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Sheppard–Towner Act 
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