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White House Conference on Care of Dependent Children - 1909
- Poverty stricken children in the United States were often forced to work under horrendous conditions at a very young age. - These children, who were undernourished, neglected, or abused, prompted a rising social concern As a result, the first White House Conference of Care of Dependent Children was called in 1909

-The first Infant Care, which would become a popular parent education book on child care for infants, was published in 1914 by the federal agency that is now the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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