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- Pioneers in U.S. cryptology.
- Creator
- Center for Cryptologic History
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This item is part of the Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements (PRISM) digital collection, a collaborative initiative between Florida Atlantic University and University of Central Florida in the Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials (PALMM).
- Date Issued
- 199?
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00002779
- Subject Headings
- Cryptography -- United States -- History.
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- We, the people.
- Creator
- Clark, Joseph
- Date Issued
- 1937
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/DT/1745553
- Subject Headings
- Constitutional history --United States.
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- William A. Dunning revisited: The mind or malice of Reconstruction?.
- Creator
- Barsalou, Kathleen P., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of History
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Historian William A. Dunning was responsible for the first scholarly treatment of the Reconstruction era. The terms which his contemporaries used to describe him differ strikingly from those historians may choose today. Since the 1930s, American historiography has reflected the new emphasis on sociology and psychology with a radical shift in subject matter away from the traditional political focus. Surely, certain truths are known to the modern historian which were not known to those who...
Show moreHistorian William A. Dunning was responsible for the first scholarly treatment of the Reconstruction era. The terms which his contemporaries used to describe him differ strikingly from those historians may choose today. Since the 1930s, American historiography has reflected the new emphasis on sociology and psychology with a radical shift in subject matter away from the traditional political focus. Surely, certain truths are known to the modern historian which were not known to those who lived earlier. However, to discard the insights of one generation of historians is, perhaps, to ignore some of history's most important resources.
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- 2001
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12826
- Subject Headings
- Biography, History, United States
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Union political activity spans 230 years of U.S. history.
- Creator
- American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
- Abstract/Description
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This item is part of the Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements (PRISM) digital collection, a collaborative initiative between Florida Atlantic University and University of Central Florida in the Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials (PALMM).
- Date Issued
- 1960
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00002569
- Subject Headings
- Labor unions – United States -- History
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The forward march of American labor, a brief history of the American labor movement written for union members.
- Creator
- League for Industrial Democracy
- Date Issued
- 1945
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3332787
- Subject Headings
- Labor unions -- United States -- History.
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- An empirical examination of the President as a policy entrepreneur: health care (1959-2004).
- Creator
- Smith, Skyler., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
- Abstract/Description
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My study focuses on oscillating political context to find what factors are conducive to the proposal and ultimate success of executive-generated, liberal health care policy. When it comes to initiating policy change, most of the existing literature concentrates on individuals in Congress or local level politicians. Beginning with the advent of the so-called "Modern Presidency" during the early years of the twentieth century, the President has increasingly played an active role in government,...
Show moreMy study focuses on oscillating political context to find what factors are conducive to the proposal and ultimate success of executive-generated, liberal health care policy. When it comes to initiating policy change, most of the existing literature concentrates on individuals in Congress or local level politicians. Beginning with the advent of the so-called "Modern Presidency" during the early years of the twentieth century, the President has increasingly played an active role in government, particularly with respect to legislation--he can be considered a "policy entrepreneur." I use data on variables from 1959 to 2004 and employ the Two-Stage Conditional Maximum Likelihood Model. I find that a more liberal President is likely to propose health care legislation that necessitates increased government involvement. I also determine that Congress is more likely to approve a liberal Presidential proposal when the government is unified and public opinion polls indicate people are more receptive to government intervention.
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- 2008
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/77692
- Subject Headings
- Health care reform, Medical policy, History, Political leadership, History, Presidents, History
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The origin, development, and issues of the community education movement in the United States, 1935-1995.
- Creator
- Seubert, Mary Jean, Florida Atlantic University, College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
- Abstract/Description
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The purpose of this historical study was to discover (a) if the absence of a common, understandable definition of community education was a primary reason for the field's apparent lack of recognition in the public education arena and (b) if the definition problem was also associated with the concerns of community educators about the future viability of the field. The study was open to the discovery of another or other feasible reasons for the problems confronting the field. Its purpose was...
Show moreThe purpose of this historical study was to discover (a) if the absence of a common, understandable definition of community education was a primary reason for the field's apparent lack of recognition in the public education arena and (b) if the definition problem was also associated with the concerns of community educators about the future viability of the field. The study was open to the discovery of another or other feasible reasons for the problems confronting the field. Its purpose was achieved through an examination of the media of the community education field and other pertinent media. The researcher surveyed the educational origins of the community education movement in the United States in order to explore the historical context of the movement that has its roots in Flint, Michigan, and to discern its possible relationship to earlier educational movements. Additionally, the researcher (a) examined the development of community education in Flint, from its beginning as a recreational program to its growth into a community school program and its maturation into a community education process, and (b) surveyed several definitions published during the maturation period. The evolution of the movement on a national level was also explored, as were several continuing issues that dealt with the implementation of the community education process on a field-wide basis. Discovered in the strategies offered to resolve the issues was the consensus that the field needed to become committed to its process components, especially community involvement. The community involvement component was considered to be the factor that made community education different from public education. The study revealed that the absence of a common, understandable definition of community education was not a primary reason for the problems confronting the field of community education. The researcher discovered a more tenable reason for the problems: Community educators had not fully implemented the process components of community education on a field-wide basis, especially the community involvement component. Throughout the development of community education, the field's leaders had maintained that community education would not succeed without this implementation. Other conclusions and recommendations for further study were offered.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1995
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12411
- Subject Headings
- History, United States, Education, History of
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Introductory history of VENONA and guide to the translations.
- Creator
- Benson, Robert Louis
- Abstract/Description
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This item is part of the Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements (PRISM) digital collection, a collaborative initiative between Florida Atlantic University and University of Central Florida in the Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials (PALMM).
- Date Issued
- 1995
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00002780
- Subject Headings
- Intelligence service -- United States -- History -- Sources.
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- WORKING WOMEN IN AMERICA, 1870 TO 1914: A STUDY OF ATTITUDES AND OPINIONS.
- Creator
- YATES, BARBARA JANE., Florida Atlantic University, Mohl, Raymond A.
- Abstract/Description
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This thesis is an examination of the attitudes toward and the opinions about working women in America from 1870 to 1914. It is concerned with the general areas of occupations, wages and working conditions, labor legislation affecting women, and trade unionism among women.
- Date Issued
- 1972
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13523
- Subject Headings
- Women--Employment--United States--History
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Millennial thinking and its implications for social reform: Premillennialism in urban America, 1865-1925.
- Creator
- Johnson, Dale Walden., Florida Atlantic University, Mohl, Raymond A.
- Abstract/Description
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A Christian view of the future labelled premillennial dispensationalism developed and replaced postmillennialism in middle nineteenth-century America. Dispensationalism predicts deteriorating conditions, leading to a "rapture" of the true church just prior to the second coming of Christ. After tracing three centuries of millennial thinking in America, this study examines the social reforms sponsored by dispensationalists. Contrary to their escapist, or pessimistic eschatology, selected...
Show moreA Christian view of the future labelled premillennial dispensationalism developed and replaced postmillennialism in middle nineteenth-century America. Dispensationalism predicts deteriorating conditions, leading to a "rapture" of the true church just prior to the second coming of Christ. After tracing three centuries of millennial thinking in America, this study examines the social reforms sponsored by dispensationalists. Contrary to their escapist, or pessimistic eschatology, selected dispensationalists sponsored a variety of reform measures in the middle nineteenth and early twentieth-century America. This study examines the contributions of five remarkable dispensational, social activists: The Reverends A. J. Gordon, A. T. Pierson, W. B. Riley, J. R. Straton and M. A. Matthews. Their activism demonstrates some dispensationalists actively led social reforms in urban America. They successfully balanced an eschatology which argues for a declining culture, while affirming the biblical mandate to care for the impoverished.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1988
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14490
- Subject Headings
- Millennialism--United States--History
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Substance of an address to a meeting of the citizens of Philadelphia delivered, October sixth, MDCCLXXXVII by the Honorable James Wilson...
- Creator
- Wilson, James 1742-1798, United States Constitutional Convention (1787)
- Abstract/Description
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Caption title. Uniform Title: Pamphlets of the U.S. Constitution, 1787-1788; Pamphlets on the Constitution of the United States, published during its discussion by the people, 1787-1788.Originally printed: Philadelphia, 1787. Printed from Pamphlets on the Constitution of the United States, published during its discussion by the people, 1787-1788, edited by Paul Leicester Ford. Brooklyn, N.Y., 1888. FAU Libraries' copy in plain grey paper wrappers.
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb7f19
- Subject Headings
- Constitution (United States), Constitutional history -- United States -- Sources, Constitutional law -- United States -- Popular works, Constitutions -- United States, Federal government -- United States, United States -- Constitution, United States -- Constitutional Convention -- (1787), United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1789
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- E-book
- Title
- Right-libertarians, the Fair Tax, and big government.
- Creator
- Brittian, Joseph A., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
- Abstract/Description
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I begin by identifying right-libertarians as individuals who believe, foremost, that legislators should reduce the size of the national government. A number of right-libertarians support a Congressional tax reform proposal, the Fair Tax. This support is surprising because the bill is revenue neutral : it therefore does not directly address concerns over increasing Congressional spending or growth of government. Are right-libertarians sacrificing their principles for expediency or is there...
Show moreI begin by identifying right-libertarians as individuals who believe, foremost, that legislators should reduce the size of the national government. A number of right-libertarians support a Congressional tax reform proposal, the Fair Tax. This support is surprising because the bill is revenue neutral : it therefore does not directly address concerns over increasing Congressional spending or growth of government. Are right-libertarians sacrificing their principles for expediency or is there some other explanation? I argue right-libertarians mainly support the bill because they (1) believe Congress would abolish the IRS as soon as it went into effect, increasing citizens' privacy in the process ; and (2) view it as a gradual reform that would lead to further legislation intended to reduce the size of government.
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- 2012
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3359294
- Subject Headings
- Libertarianism, Political participation, History, Third parties (United States politics), History, Income tax, Law and legislation
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The American Tract Society's almanac for the year of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ 1861 : being the first after bissextile, and until the fourth of July, the eighty-fifth year of the independence of the United States : calculated for Boston, New York, Washington, and Charleston, and four parallels of latitude, adapted for use throughout the country.
- Creator
- Hall, Asaph, III, 1829-1907
- Abstract/Description
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Includes verse."Geo C. Rand & Avery, printers"--Cover. Includes several articles on slavery: The slave-trade, page 28 ; Rev. Dr. Rice (against), page 53 ; Abolition of British Slavery, page 55 ; Slavery in Missouri (slave trade up and down the Missouri River), page 61.
- Date Issued
- 1861
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fawab3f61861
- Subject Headings
- Slave trade -- History, Slavery -- United States -- History -- 19th century, Almanacs -- United States --1861
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- E-book
- Title
- Religious Freedom, Newspapers, and Virginians: Common People’s Responses to Separation of Church and State.
- Creator
- Robinson, Morgyn L., Finucane, Adrian, Florida Atlantic University, Department of History, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
- Abstract/Description
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The two and a half decades following the ending of the American Revolution was filled with change. The formation of government and the ratification of the Constitution at the state and federal levels created spaces where topics were hotly debated. Specifically, religion and its role in the United States government generated much discussion: how much power should religious institutions have within this new country and should this new United States have an established religion? Historians have...
Show moreThe two and a half decades following the ending of the American Revolution was filled with change. The formation of government and the ratification of the Constitution at the state and federal levels created spaces where topics were hotly debated. Specifically, religion and its role in the United States government generated much discussion: how much power should religious institutions have within this new country and should this new United States have an established religion? Historians have dissected and analyzed these topics for years. But, how informed were Americans during this period of these conversations which created the bedrock of American government? One conduit which was generally available to the masses was the newspaper. The creation of news and the dissemination of information to the expanding United States created a unique platform for newspaper printers and editors alike, touching all levels of society and politics. Using newspapers printed during this period and focusing specifically on the state of Virginia, this thesis analyzes newspaper content between 1784 – 1808 as a general guide as to what the Virginia common persons would have been exposed to regarding separation of church and state and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. Based on the saturation of religion in society at this time, it is surprising to find that Americans were only minimally interested in the separation of church and state discussions happening in Virginia and the greater United States. It was when religious topics shifted into perceived morals and ethics, political campaigns, or the potential for land control through glebe land ownership that Virginians expressed their opinions and reactions to the separation of church and state.
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- 2022
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014082
- Subject Headings
- Separation of church and state, Virginia, United States--History
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Speech of Hon. Alex. W. Buel, in defence of the Constitution and the Union. Delivered at a public dinner given to him by his fellow-citizens, at Detroit, November 19, 1850.
- Creator
- Buel, Alexander Woodruff 1813-1868
- Abstract/Description
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Speech of Honorable Alexander W. Buel, in defense of the Constitution and the Union.Notes: FAU copy in original paper wrappers; side stiched with cord.
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb15f7
- Subject Headings
- Compromise of 1850, Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc -- United States -- History -- Sources, Fugitive slaves -- United States -- History -- Sources, Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States, Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States -- History, Slavery -- United States -- History -- Sources, United States -- Politics and government -- 1849-1853, United States -- Constitution, United States -- Fugitive slave law (1850), United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes -- Sources
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- E-book
- Title
- The rise and fall of the Boca "Pops".
- Creator
- Bako-Devant, Maximillion Alexander, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of History
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The history of the Boca Pops, so named because it performed popular rather than classical music, began in 1951 with a modest municipal band of 20 volunteer musicians who performed at a Christmas tree lighting ceremony at Boca Raton's Sanborn Square. Yearly, the Pops grew in size and popularity, dominating the local cultural scene, and, as success bred success, the Boca Pops grew into a Titanic. By the late 1980s, the Pops had blossomed into a 95-piece professional orchestra with an annual...
Show moreThe history of the Boca Pops, so named because it performed popular rather than classical music, began in 1951 with a modest municipal band of 20 volunteer musicians who performed at a Christmas tree lighting ceremony at Boca Raton's Sanborn Square. Yearly, the Pops grew in size and popularity, dominating the local cultural scene, and, as success bred success, the Boca Pops grew into a Titanic. By the late 1980s, the Pops had blossomed into a 95-piece professional orchestra with an annual budget of $2.6 million. Obtaining funds from the state, corporations, ticket sales and wealthy social leaders, the Pops seemed to hum along successfully. However, unbeknownst to anyone outside the board room, financial problems surfaced and were left untreated, growing with each passing year. Huge amounts of debt snowballed out of control and ultimately sank the waterlogged organization in 2001.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2003
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13018
- Subject Headings
- History, United States, Music, Business Administration, Management, History, Modern
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- An address to the people of the state of New-York on the subject of the Constitution : agreed upon at Philadelphia, the 17th of September, 1787.
- Creator
- Jay, John 1745-1829
- Abstract/Description
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Uniform Title: Pamphlets of the U.S. Constitution, 1787-1788; Pamphlets on the Constitution of the United States, published during its discussion by the people, 1787-1788.Caption title. "By John Jay, member of the New York State convention." Reprint of the pamphlet published at New York in 1787, by Samuel and John Loudon, being one of a few copies separately printed from Pamphlets on the Constitution of the United States, published during its discussion by the people, 1787-1788, edited by...
Show moreUniform Title: Pamphlets of the U.S. Constitution, 1787-1788; Pamphlets on the Constitution of the United States, published during its discussion by the people, 1787-1788.Caption title. "By John Jay, member of the New York State convention." Reprint of the pamphlet published at New York in 1787, by Samuel and John Loudon, being one of a few copies separately printed from Pamphlets on the Constitution of the United States, published during its discussion by the people, 1787-1788, edited by Paul Leicester Ford. Brooklyn, N.Y., 1888. Signed at end: A citizen of New-York. Attribution to John Jay and original publication date supplied in: Ford, Paul Leicester. Bibliography and reference list of the history and literature relating to the adoption of the Constitution of the United States 1787-8. Brooklyn, N.Y. : 1896, p. 22. FAU Libraries' copy has some unopened pages; in plain grey paper wrappers.
Show less - PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb7f21
- Subject Headings
- Constitution (United States), Constitutional history -- United States -- Sources, Constitutional law -- United States -- Popular works, Constitutions -- United States, United States -- Constitution, United States -- Constitutional Convention -- (1787), United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1789
- Format
- E-book
- Title
- Our national finances. How are they managed? Who pays the debt? : Speech of Hon. R.E. Fenton, at Albany, New York, Thursday, July 18, 1872.
- Creator
- Fenton, Reuben E. (Reuben Eaton) 1819-1885
- Abstract/Description
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Speech of Honorable R.E. Fenton at Albany. Notes: Caption title. Printer’s name at foot page 8. Two columns to the page. FAU Libraries' copy has unopened pages.
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb23f28
- Subject Headings
- Bonds -- Law and legislation -- United States, Congressional addresses -- 1872, Currency question -- United States, Debts, Public -- United States, Finance, Public -- United States -- History -- 19th century, Financial crises -- United States -- History -- 19th century, Gold -- Law and legislation -- United States, Postwar reconstruction -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources, United States -- Economic conditions -- 1865-1918, United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Finance
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- E-book
- Title
- The commodification and militarization of American public space: from a genealogy of the public to a politics of place.
- Creator
- Case, Timothy., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
- Abstract/Description
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The history of public space in America is consistent with a pattern of privatization, rationalization, and individual escapism. From the frontier to the regulatory bureaucracy and into suburbanization and New Urbanism, we have and are witnessing the steady decline of vibrant, critical, and democratic public spheres and their replacement with a corporate and media controlled space that reflects the commodification and militarization of American culture at the hands of these corporate elites....
Show moreThe history of public space in America is consistent with a pattern of privatization, rationalization, and individual escapism. From the frontier to the regulatory bureaucracy and into suburbanization and New Urbanism, we have and are witnessing the steady decline of vibrant, critical, and democratic public spheres and their replacement with a corporate and media controlled space that reflects the commodification and militarization of American culture at the hands of these corporate elites. After tracing a genealogy of the public and public space, this thesis will focus on two examples of New Urbanist design that illustrate the corporate nature of community politics: the Disney Corporation's Celebration, Florida and DreamWorks' Playa Vista, California. Discussing the ideological basis for both communities, this thesis will suggest possible lessons to be learned for the creation of a public based on an ethic of common ground made possible by organized resistance to corporate manipulation of place.
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- 2006
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/11591
- Subject Headings
- Cities and towns, Regional planning, Sustainable development, Land use, Urban, History
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Maternal health policy: nursing's legacy and the Social Security Act of 1935.
- Creator
- Pope, Bonnie L., Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
- Abstract/Description
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This study explored the work of nursing and the social influences of eugenic policies established during the Progressive Era (1890-1930) on the writing and passage of the Social Security Act of 1935. The research questions: "Did eugenic philosophy and practice influence the Social Security Act of 1935 in relation to Maternal Health Policy?" and 'What was nursing's influence on the Social Security Act of 1935?" required the social history research method. Data were evaluated with the...
Show moreThis study explored the work of nursing and the social influences of eugenic policies established during the Progressive Era (1890-1930) on the writing and passage of the Social Security Act of 1935. The research questions: "Did eugenic philosophy and practice influence the Social Security Act of 1935 in relation to Maternal Health Policy?" and 'What was nursing's influence on the Social Security Act of 1935?" required the social history research method. Data were evaluated with the conclusion that eugenic policies did influence the writing and passage of the Social Security Act. Also, that nurses, and other women, played a specific, important and constructive role in developing the Act. During the late 1800s and early 1900s prominent leaders of business, science, philanthropy, and social reform supported the eugenic agenda to assure the wellbeing of hard working "Anglo-Saxon" American citizens. Industrialization and scientific advances in medicine gave Americans the impression that the "production" of healthy, intelligent children could be controlled, efficient, and predictable. Better breeding as a means for social improvement, which fueled the eugenics movement's use of science to solve social problems through governmental involvement, had two sides. Positive eugenics increased information on health and illness prevention, and established well baby clinics; however, negative eugenics advocated controlled reproduction through sterilization of persons considered "unfit." By 1935, twenty-eight states had eugenic sterilization laws. Noted reformers during this time (Lillian Wald, Jane Addams, and Florence Kelley) worked with Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson to establish the Federal Children's Bureau. The Bureau had a direct influence on the maternal and child health policy established by the Social Security Act of 1935., This legacy continues today in the continued fight for women and children's social and economic rights.The Social Security Act's intention, economic security for all citizens, was not realized. Sections of the Act focused on maternalistic social views and sought to maintain a patriarchal family structure. The language of the Social Security Act created barriers to benefits for the most vulnerable. In fact, it seems reasonable to conclude that institutionalized health care disparities laid their roots in America through this legislation.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2011
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3172424
- Subject Headings
- Eugenics, History, Medical policy, Nursing, Political aspects, Social security, History, Public welfare, History, Health promotion, Community health nursing
- Format
- Document (PDF)