Julia Clifford Lathrop | |
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| 1st Director of United States Children's Bureau | |
| In office 1912–1921 | |
| President | William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson |
| Succeeded by | Grace Abbott |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 29, 1858 Rockford, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | April 15, 1932 (aged 73) Rockford, Illinois, U.S. |
| Resting place | Greenwood Cemetery, Rockford, Illinois |
| Political party | Republican |
| Parent(s) | William Lathrop and Adeline Potter |
| Alma mater | Miss Porter's School Rockford Female Seminary Vassar College |
| Profession | American Social and Political Activist |
Julia Clifford Lathrop (June 29, 1858 – April 15, 1932) was an American social reformer in the area of education, social policy, and children's welfare. As director of the United States Children's Bureau from 1912 to 1922, she was the first woman ever to head a United States federal bureau.[1]
- ^ Ladd-Taylor, Molly (1995). Mother-Work: Women, Child Welfare, and the State, 1890-1930. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-06482-1.