A woman makes a sign for the Children's Bureau in Washington DC in November 1923. Credit - Universal History ...

President William Howard Taft established the Children’s Bureau ... The law, popularly known as the “Better Baby Bill,” provided federal funding to match state spending on infant and ...

A woman makes a sign for the Children's Bureau in Washington DC in November 1923. Universal History Archive/Universal Images ...

President William Howard Taft established the Children’s Bureau ... The law, popularly known as the “Better Baby Bill,” provided federal funding to match state spending on infant and ...

Alice, known as “Baby Lee,” was turned over to Theodore Roosevelt ... Far East in 1905 and President Roosevelt assigned his amiable Secretary of War, William Howard Taft, to watch over his daughter on ...

The popular “Baby Ruth” candy bar is often believed to have been ... Helen Taft Manning, daughter of President William Howard Taft, was a distinguished academic and advocate for women’s rights. Her ...