Sheppard–Towner Act
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sheppard-towner-act-203-17874771
title:
Sheppard–Towner Act
text:
The Promotion of the Welfare and Hygiene of Maternity and Infancy Act, more commonly known as the Sheppard–Towner Act, was a 1921 U.S. Act of Congress that provided federal funding for maternity and childcare. It was sponsored by Senator Morris Sheppard (D) of Texas and Representative Horace Mann Towner (R) of Iowa and signed by President Warren G. Harding on November 23, 1921. It went out of effect in 1929. The Sheppard–Towner Act was the first venture of the federal government into social secu
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1921 Act of the United States Congress that provided funding for maternity and child care
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheppard%E2%80%93Towner_Act
date created:
2009-02-28T18:47:26Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T06:38:27Z
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