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The Child Development Act Of 1971: The Closest America Has Ever Gotten To Universal Child Care, Rory Cochran
The Child Development Act Of 1971: The Closest America Has Ever Gotten To Universal Child Care, Rory Cochran
Masters Theses, 2020-current
The significance of this thesis is on how a bill, the Child Development Act (CDA), and other complementary policies created a phenomenon of biracial and bigendered cooperation among socioeconomic boundaries to push for a reprioritization of children’s rights in the welfare system of the United States. Although the CDA never passed the White House desk its influence was significant on how national social activism influenced the interpretation of universal child care. The thesis sheds a light on the influence of women in politics, welfare, civil rights, Chicano, and children rights and their cooperation and appeasement in pushing for a national …