Julia C. Lathrop

Overview

Julia Clifford Lathrop born Rockford, IL June 29, 1858 (d. 1932). Social reformer; associate of Jane Addams at Hull House; co-founded Immigrants' Protective League 1912; first head of U.S. Children's Bureau; worked with League of Nations Child Welfare Committee of 1925-31.

Quotations

"The least a democratic nation can do, when it sends men into war, is to give solemn assurance that their families will be cared for." (Ida Clarke, American Women and the World War, p.75, 1918; photo socialwelfarehistory.com)