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gptkbp:instanceOf
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legislation
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gptkbp:advocatesFor
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women's health advocates
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gptkbp:associatedWith
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public health initiatives
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gptkbp:collaboratedWith
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local health organizations
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gptkbp:controversy
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debate over federal involvement in health care
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gptkbp:duration
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1921 to 1929
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gptkbp:enactedBy
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gptkb:United_States_Congress
Social Security Act
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gptkbp:evaluates
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public health studies
assessed for effectiveness in reducing infant mortality
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gptkbp:funding
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federal government
$1 million annually
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gptkbp:historicalContext
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post-World_War_I_America
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
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first federal legislation for maternal health
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Sheppard-Towner Maternity Act
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gptkbp:impact
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improved maternal and infant health
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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progressive era reforms
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gptkbp:keyFigures
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gptkb:Alice_Hamilton
gptkb:Margaret_Mead
gptkb:Sonia_Sotomayor
gptkb:Susan_B._Anthony
gptkb:Elizabeth_Cady_Stanton
gptkb:Helen_Keller
gptkb:Nancy_Pelosi
gptkb:Tammy_Baldwin
gptkb:Alice_Paul
gptkb:Anna_Howard_Shaw
gptkb:Pat_Nixon
gptkb:Carrie_Chapman_Catt
gptkb:Jane_Addams
gptkb:Jill_Biden
gptkb:Julia_Lathrop
gptkb:Amy_Klobuchar
gptkb:Betty_Ford
gptkb:Eleanor_Roosevelt
gptkb:Elena_Kagan
gptkb:Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
gptkb:Stacey_Abrams
gptkb:Margaret_Sanger
gptkb:Bernie_Sanders
gptkb:Cory_Booker
gptkb:Ida_B._Wells
gptkb:Michelle_Obama
gptkb:Zora_Neale_Hurston
gptkb:Kamala_Harris
gptkb:Andrew_Yang
gptkb:Laura_Bush
gptkb:Bessie_Smith
gptkb:Nancy_Reagan
gptkb:Ella_Fitzgerald
gptkb:Rosa_Parks
gptkb:Elizabeth_Warren
gptkb:Hillary_Clinton
gptkb:Dorothy_Day
gptkb:Julian_Castro
gptkb:Mabel_Lee
gptkb:Frances_Perkins
gptkb:Coretta_Scott_King
gptkb:Mary_E._McDowell
gptkb:Dolores_Huerta
gptkb:Maud_Wood_Park
gptkb:Lillian_D._Wald
gptkb:Edith_Nourse_Rogers
gptkb:Sandra_Day_O'Connor
Billie Holiday
Clara Zetkin
Marian Anderson
Frances_Willard
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gptkbp:legacy
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set precedent for future health legislation
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gptkbp:legislation
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funding for maternal care programs
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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prenatal care services
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gptkbp:operates
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state health departments
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gptkbp:opposedBy
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conservative groups
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gptkbp:purpose
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provide federal funds for maternity and infant care
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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child welfare
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gptkbp:researchFocus
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maternal health outcomes
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:Maternal_and_Child_Health_Services_Block_Grant
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gptkbp:supportedBy
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gptkb:American_Medical_Association
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gptkbp:targets
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mothers and infants
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gptkbp:yearEstablished
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1921
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