Given the giant post on agrarianism and homestead that goes up the same morning, this post is likely to be buried and little read. Nonetheless. . .
Norman Rockwell was anticipating Thanksgiving, a holiday that often presents images relating to childhood, in his November 19 Country Gentleman illustration.
Collier's, oddly, didn't bother to contemplate the upcoming holiday at all.
On this day in 1921 the House of Representatives approved the Sheppard-Towner Act, which is generally, but inaccurately, regarded as the first instance of the United States government taking a role in what we might term welfare. The act provided a guild to the instruction of hygiene of maternity and infancy care trough instruction through public health nurses, regulation and licensure of midwives, and it resulted in the creation of 3,000 child and maternal health care centers. The law was in effect for eight years.
Pilot Bert Acosta set a new world speed record of 197.8 mph, beating his earlier record set on November 3, and flying the same Curtiss CR-2 airplane.
These members of the Alaska Native Sisterhood met on this day in 1921.
The organization dates to 1912 and there's a companion one for men. They work for civil rights for native Alaskans.
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