1930's Medicine and Health | "Hot Lunches for a Million School Children"

Speech

By: Ellen S. Woodward

Date: c. 1939

Source: Woodward, Ellen S. "Hot Lunches for a Million School Children." Available at the New Deal Network online at http://newdeal.feri.org/texts/500.htm; website homepage: http://newdeal.feri.org (accessed March 17, 2003).

About the Author: Ellen S. Woodward (1887–1971) was born in Oxford, Mississippi. The daughter of a Congressman, young Ellen lived in Washington and developed an interest in politics and public affairs. In the 1930s she became an assistant administrator of the Works Progress Administration and later director of work relief programs for women. As a leader among women's clubs and political groups in the United States, she was an effective advocate for economic security for women and children.

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