‘Why does Congress wish women and children to die?’: The rise and fall of public maternal and infant health care in the United States, 1921-1929

Women and Children First International Maternal and Infant Welfare, 1870-1945

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 121-132

  Ladd Taylor, Molly ^a  

^a CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203493823     Document Type: Chapter

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