Statements (18)
Predicate | Object |
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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:dateEnacted |
1921
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gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:United_States_Congress
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Sheppard-Towner Act
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gptkbp:influencedBy |
Progressive Era reform
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gptkbp:namedAfter |
gptkb:Horace_Mann_Towner
gptkb:Morris_Sheppard |
gptkbp:opposedBy |
gptkb:American_Medical_Association
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gptkbp:provides |
federal funding for maternal and child health
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gptkbp:purpose |
reduce maternal and infant mortality
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gptkbp:repealedBy |
1929
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gptkbp:signedBy |
gptkb:Warren_G._Harding
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gptkbp:significance |
first federal social welfare program in the United States
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gptkbp:supportedBy |
women's organizations
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Morris_Sheppard
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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