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Aug 18, 2022

As in other times, women in the late 1910s-20s from all over the U.S. looked for parenting advice.  Who did they ask? The federal government, believe it or not.  They flooded the Children’s Bureau, a division of the Department of Labor, with letters about their worries and concerns around raising children. Molly...


Aug 4, 2022

What can a piece of clothing tell us about how a child lived?  How can parent interactions be revealed through a pair of gloves? What might a baby’s quilt tell us about family dynamics? Dr. Sarah Anne Carter, Executive Director of the Center for Design and Material Culture at the University of...