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Taft names first female bureau chief

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Vasco Phillip de Sousa

President Taft appointed Julia C. Lathrop as head of New Children’s bureau on 17 April, 1912.  The Children’s bureau was a newly created part of the US Department of Commerce and Labour. Lathrop graduated from Vassar college in 1880 and … Continue reading →

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