An Amendment to the Constitution is Needed to Give the United States Power to Safeguard the Child Life of the Nation.
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Title: An Amendment to the Constitution is Needed to Give the United States Power to Safeguard the Child Life of the Nation.
Source: HD 6250 .U3A5 1920
Publisher: Allied Printing
Description: Pamphlet advocating for the Child Labor Amendment, passed in 1924, but never ratified.
Text from back of pamphlet:
A federal minimum will give to American Children all the advantages of our federal form of government.
Every state may wish to give its children greater protection than a national minimum would provide.
Is any state willing to give them less?
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The following organizations issue this appeal for the passage of a Children's Amendment by the next Congress:
American Federation of Labor
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Girls Friendly Society in America
National Child Labor Committee
National Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associations
National Consumers' League
National Council of Jewish Women
National Council of Women, Inc.
National Education Association
National Federation of Teachers
National Federation of Businesses and Professional Women's Clubs
National League of Women Voters
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
National Women's Trade Union League
Service Star Legion
Young Woman's Christian Association.
Text from back of pamphlet:
A federal minimum will give to American Children all the advantages of our federal form of government.
Every state may wish to give its children greater protection than a national minimum would provide.
Is any state willing to give them less?
------
The following organizations issue this appeal for the passage of a Children's Amendment by the next Congress:
American Federation of Labor
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Girls Friendly Society in America
National Child Labor Committee
National Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associations
National Consumers' League
National Council of Jewish Women
National Council of Women, Inc.
National Education Association
National Federation of Teachers
National Federation of Businesses and Professional Women's Clubs
National League of Women Voters
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
National Women's Trade Union League
Service Star Legion
Young Woman's Christian Association.
Collection: Rare Books and Periodicals
Citation: “An Amendment to the Constitution is Needed to Give the United States Power to Safeguard the Child Life of the Nation.,” VCU Libraries Gallery, accessed November 21, 2024, https://gallery.library.vcu.edu/items/show/82555.