Author: United States Children'S Bureau

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-31

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 9781528155564

Excerpt from Proceedings of Conference on Day Care of Children of Working Mothers, With Special Reference to Defense Areas: Held in Washington, D. C., July 31 and August 1, 1941 Madam: There is transmitted herewith Proceedings of the Con ference on Day Care of Children of Working Mothers. During the summer it became evident that needs of defense industries in various parts of the country were likely to bring about. Increasing employ ment of women, many of them mothers of young children. Com munities were becoming aware of the urgent need for special care and protection of children whose mothers are employed in defense industries and of children living under the crowded conditions which prevail in other areas affected by defense activities. In response to many requests for information and advice, the Children's Bureau invited a group of 43 persons representative of various types of interest and experience in this field to meet in Washington on July 31 and August 1, 1941, for discussion of day care of children in relation to the emergency needs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.