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Charter signed and National Congress incorporated under laws of District of Columbia...Advisory Council established with Theodore Roosevelt as chairman (he served until 1919)...Plans made to publish The Quarterly Report, containing convention proceedings...Legislation suggested for protection of employed children.
Practical means of securing parent-teacher cooperation discussed at convention...Outlines of "duties of committees" on education and legislation adopted...National dues of 5 cents per capita authorized.
Mrs. Frederic Schoff elected president...Cooperation begun with public agencies interested in child welfare...Organizing local parent-teacher associations advocated as part of Congress work...Committee on child labor formed...Convention exhibit of model nursery said to be most complete ever assembled.
Committee on "delinquent, defective, and dependent children" formed...Needs of handicapped children studied...Resolution urged instruction for probation officers and others working with dependent and delinquent children.
Mothers' Congress Day at St. Louis Exposition; model playground shown...Resolutions advocated more adequate marriage, divorce, and child labor laws...Convention address, "The Nation's Boy Problem," by Judge Ben B. Lindsey...Booklets published on sex education and state laws on dependent, handicapped, and delinquent children.
Committee on juvenile court and probation work created, with Judge Lindsey as chairman...Education Committee recommended "cooperative associations of parents and teachers of high schools"...President Theodore Roosevelt granted National Congress president's request to endorse juvenile court and probation system in his message to U.S. Congress...Resolutions endorsed federal aid for kindergartens and elementary schools and recommended salary increase for teachers.
National convention, scheduled for Los Angeles, postponed because of San Francisco earthquake...National Congress of Mothers Magazine (forerunner of Our Children magazine) first issued...National president addressed Canadian parliament on juvenile court and probation work...Pure Food Bill, supported by National Congress, became law.
Department of Parent-Teacher Associations formed within National Congress in recognition of importance of parent-teacher cooperation...President reported to British parliament on juvenile courts in U.S.
Importance of parent-teacher partnership recognized in change of name to National Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associations...National Convention included First International Congress on the Welfare of the Child; invitations from the National Congress of Mothers, sent by U.S. State Department, brought representatives from 12 countries on four continents; governors sent representatives; opening speech by President Theodore Roosevelt; formal reception at the White House...National Congress supported movement to combat TB.
Name of official publication became Child Welfare Magazine...Standing committee on child hygiene created and given support by advisory committee of nine physicians...Child labor committee to investigate child employment conditions in all states...Participation in the Conference on Dependent Children called by President Theodore Roosevelt, the first of the White House Conferences on Children.
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