For All the People: A Century of Citizen Action in Health Care Reform

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2. Supporters of the Sheppard-Towner bill, ca. 1920–1921

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Group portrait of women leaders supporting passage of the Sheppard-Towner bill, ca. 1920–1921

Courtesy Library of Congress

Women who supported the federal Sheppard-Towner bill for maternity and infant care included prominent suffragists, consumer and children’s advocates, and peace activists.