Save the Babies Save the Babies American Public He

by Richard A. Meckel

Book Overview

Today fewer than one in a hundred American babies die in infancy. But a century ago, as many as one in six did. Historian Richard Meckel analyzes the efforts of American reformers who mounted a campaign to reduce infant mortality, from its discovery as a social problem in the 1850s to the limited success in securing federal funding for infancy and maternity programs in the 1920s. In a substantive epilogue, he also traces the evolution of American...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472085565
• ISBN13: 9780472085569
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 302 Pages