Putnam, William Lowell, Mrs., 1892-1935.
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Putnam, William Lowell, Mrs., 1892-1935.
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Putnam, William Lowell, Mrs., 1892-1935.
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Political activist, philanthropist, and pioneer in prenatal care, Putnam chaired the executive committee of the Massachusetts Milk Consumers' Association, the Dept. of Public Health and the Committee on Prenatal and Obstetrical Care of the Women's Municipal League of Boston, was president of the American Association for the Study and Prevention of Infant Mortality (later the American Child Hygiene Association), and founded and endowed the Fearing Research Laboratory for research on toxemia of pregnancy. A political conservative, Putnam worked against the Child Labor Amendment, the Sheppard-Towner Act, women's suffrage, the Equal Rights Amendment, and Prohibition, and was an active member of the Republican Party, serving as national president of the Coolidge Women's Clubs of America. She was active in civil defense during WWI and in planning the Massachusetts Bay Tercentenary celebrations, was the first woman to serve as president of a state electoral college (1920), and was a published author.
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Birth control
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Civil defense
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World War, 1914-1918
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