Spock, Benjamin, 1903-1998
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Pediatrician and author.
From the description of Benjamin Spock correspondence and photograph, 1966. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70984314
Benjamin Spock (1903-1998) was an American pediatrician, author, and peace activist. He is the author of the worldwide best-selling book Baby and Child Care .
From the guide to the Benjamin Spock Papers, 1945-1990, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)
Epithet: paediatrician
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x00005d
Before the widespread presence of television and radio, and to a lesser extent even after, wartime governments often used posters to broadcast to the civilian population important themes such as civil defense, recruitment, morale-boosting and fund-raising. In many cases notable artists would be engaged to create the illustrations.
World War I and World War II were particularly rich in these cheap and omnipresent pieces of propaganda. According to the Smithsonian Institution's "Produce for Victory: Posters on the American Home Front" :
Addressing every citizen as a combatant in the war of production, wartime posters united the power of art with the power of advertising to sell the idea that the factory and the home were also arenas of war. Poster campaigns aimed not only to increase productivity in factories, but also to enlarge people's views of their responsibilities in a time of total war... [P]eople would encounter posters in places that other media couldn't reach-schools, factories, offices, store windows, and other places outside the scope of paid advertising. Second, posters had democratic appeal-they could be made by anyone; they could be seen by all. Both medium and message spoke of democracy, which made posters ideal for expressing American war aims: why we fight, what we fight for.
Benjamin Spock was an American pediatrician best known for his book Baby and Child Care . He was also active in the anti-Vietnam War movements during the 1960's and early 1970's.
From the guide to the Spock War Posters Collection, 1909-1975, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)
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Subjects:
- Publishers and publishing
- Activism and social reform
- African Americans
- Child care
- Child development
- Child psychology
- Child rearing
- Children
- Children with disabilities
- Families
- Feminism
- Military history
- Infant psychology
- Infants
- Infants
- Infants
- Liberty bonds
- Medicine
- Nuclear disarmament
- Parent and child
- Parenting
- Peace movements
- Pediatricians
- Pediatrics
- Presidents
- Recruiting and enlistment
- Science and medicine
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- War posters, American
- War posters, Canadian
- War posters, French
- War posters, Italian
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1939-1945
- Infants
- Infants
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Occupations:
- Authors
- Pediatricians
- Physcians
- Physicians
Places:
- United States--Election (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- Wisconsin--Madison (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
