Pittsfield High School - Yearbook (Pittsfield, MA)

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rtze snag K C rc21lPubllc 'vc ryan! the Iiurelu to becomc tn tgency for the educ ttlon of Amerlcan women She held xery successful cftmpngn for the purpose of tetchlng women the best w lXs to c ire for thclr chlldren At one tlmc It w IS reported that elght m1ll1on AIYIQYIC tn women werc w orlnn f wlth the liure tu weighing and measuring, bables It took gzenlus to enhst the serx 1ce of such 1 host From thc hrst XI1ss I tthrop est zbhshcd the policy of maklng the evcperl ence of forelgn countr1es IX nl thle to Xmerlc 1 XX hen the I nlted States entered the XXor1d XX tr m mv people wlshcd to destroy those ltws wh1ch were safe fI,LlZlI'Clllljl women tnd chlldren but Xllss I tthrop w1s tble to show from the DTEXIOLIS ercpcrxencc of lrtnce md C2rett lirltun that such actlon was not necesstry for the successful oper 1t1on ot wtr In th1s way she rendered 1 sery 1ce of unestlm tble yalue to our country fhe actlyltles of the C htlclren s Iiurexu haye not been conhned to lnfant Welftre mecllclne or st ztlstlcs lhe liuretu was gn en the responslbllltv for the enforcement of the hrst federal C hlld I tbor I tw and lt fulfilled this obllga tlon XVlIl1lI'lt9lllQ6fIL9 md force Aftcr thc w tr lXIlssl zthrop c tlled 21 conference of experts from m my countrncs Out of thus mectlng came certun standards of chlld welf tre whlch trc 1 ln mg ch tllcnge to the people of Amerlea All of thls work w ts made posslhle because of the fine quallty of the Corps whlch made up the Iiure xu Xllss I 'tthrop was an unylelcllng champion of the C1X1l serylce 'No tmount of pol1t1c'1l lnfluenee could secure an appolnt ment 1n her personnel lhls pohcy of the flrst chlef h ts made the wav easler 'XI1ss I tthrop w1s yery well lllxed ln XX tshnngton She hts tlw tys been able to m :ke 1nd keep frlends lh1s1s re tdlly e1cpl nnecl hy her charm her wonder ful human unclerstandlng and her kmclly humor After nlne yetrs of bfllllllll 1cln11n1str'1t1on Xllss Lathrop retlrecl from the Chllclren s liurexu it the tge ot slxty three letylng Grace Abbott also trunecl at Hull Hou c, ts her successor lhough she IS no lonffer chlef 'XI1ss Ltthrop s pohcles are c xrrylngz on the splendid work whlch she began I 197 1 she W ts tppolnted 'lssesscll' on the C hlld XX clf ue C ommlttee of the League of Xatlons lodly at the we of sex enty four she IS stlll keenly lnterestecl ln soeml SQTXICQ Last yexr the llhnons Conference on lJLlbl1CXrX9lf21I'9Cl9S1gI'l'llI9Cl lts conference dlnner 111 her honor Xt thls dmner Lewls NIQFTIAHI of the Federtl C h1lclren s liuretu sud th tt Xlmss I tthrop X6I'lI19fl her reput ltlon IS the thlrd lnnd of p0llllCllI1 IH XX tslnngton where to the old x IFIIIQN 1 new one w ls tdc ed Hepu m IC an IJCINOCTIIIC md X lss I it xrop I x er slnce she lclt college Xlnss I ulnop h ls dcxoted herself to the welf 1re of her fellow men XX 1th XX 1ll1 nn XXo1dsworth he mlght truthfully su 2 num ouf um Ile spurt of self Qfllllfllt c Cflllflfltllff or ICCISUI UI 4 -Ind 111 flu half! of flllffl thu Hnndnzrrfz let me Im' X fnzcy U allter . 1 Y x 'K 2 : 1 2 2 12 - . ' L' 5 :' 12 2 Q' 2 ' Y . '2j:' '2 1 1 . . 1 '2 .' ' A .12 y x , y. A V. 2 . . . I :'. 5 Q' Q ' 1 1' ' 2 5 . 1 1' . .2 5 2 .1 1 -' . - ' ' .' 2 '2 2 - f2. I ' .' Y l '2 2 1' 1 2 1 1 1 ' 1. , L . X . X 2 2 2 . ' t ' . 1 , I . 1 1 1 v1 1 1 1 C Y A sn IL C s I A , ' 5 . 1 11 ' 2 ' 2 2 2 ' 3 1 ' . 5:2 j Q -1 2 2 . J . 2 '. 1 'v . I Yr 1 Y L A C V s c , ' , 2 2 2 '. . c c . V 2 . .A ' , 2' 2 , 42 12 ' . i' - ' ' ' ' x2 ' 1. .'1 1 '2 , .2 '12 1 1 L1 ' 2 Uv 1 ' ,-1- ' 'L. a , ' 21 2 2' UA 2 C K1 . . ,, . . V. ' . 1 2 , 1 2 1 2 2 1 . ' 1 2, 1 11 ' 2 1 ' ' . . 2. 2 2. , 1 v . 1 I r .1 1 . ' 1 I , 1 , L 2 A 1x lf. 1 A12 ..'t. D J 1 .- ' 1 V' . 1 I 1 v . ' 1 4 . 1 1 1 . A 1 1 .V L 2 Ct -I n f h ' ' ' t1 fl l 't' t th 't ' 't h ' or er successors. IH s JI c o ter cex o lon o e merl, svs em owey er 1, Y 7 3 '1 1 1 2 1 1 1 ' 2 ' '2 1 ' ' 2 1 2 2 1 A ss JC Ls . ' L s. 1 L L K L C s C 1 ' 1 . V V l ' ' 1 1 I 1 A J I 1 c c . . 2 . c . c , - . c , c . A f C s C C L I 7 A Ln Y . y 1 I 1 i '1' Y- 1 V. 2 - c c c - V , c c 4 , 1 4 1 1 1 1 , , 1 2 1 rw 1 . 1 5 . V ' 1 c fl c 1 . 2. . 2 . 1., , A 2. 1 ,w ' 1' '1 11 V- 1 I v ' . 5 I 2 . . , 2 2 l , . . y . n ' T' 1 2 1 2 ' 1 1 1 1 l ' Y 2 1 ' ' I -I' s Lv C C ss xsn J C v . 1 VN 1 v 4 11 v I -1 . 1 1 I v v . 1 . 2 c 2 2 c J, c 1 J., , I , ' , 2 . 2 2 L L L, 1 Ls, .1 L 1 L N ' 1 A S 1. A l I 1 I 'w 1 11 . 1 I 1v 1 ' , . 1 . 1 C s L sl L A 1 1 AL C L1 ' 12 2 .' , ' '2 Q' 2 ' 1. s 1 U ' .1 . 2 ' 1 ' .1 2 I 2. 2 l ll 2 , 1 2 1, 2 .I .. .2 l . 3 .' 1 3 1 - 1 , 2 .2 ' 2: 1 .' ' 2 ' . 2 ' : ' s j .'2L'Z KK '. - 1 1 1- G211 unto me, riff 1.1 31. T111 ' pl' 'P ,lu-1 2.'1 .'

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zqalewnnh Juli: 1 llffnrd I llhrop HF accomplishments of American women in the many different fields of endeax or open to them in this progresslxe twentieth century are noteworthv 'lhey haxe contributed much to the vxorld of art and drama the world of literature and the world of buslness 'ret haxe not their achlex ements along these lmes been essentially selfish? Haxe not the great actresses and busmess women of today risen to the heights which they occupy because they were driven by a desire for wealth and fame' VR hen look mg for those women who have done the most toward x 1 y w the advancement of ClVll1L2lllOl'1 we must turn away from the glamorous figures of the arts the theatre and the business world We must consider those httle known workers who labor 1n behalf of others It seems to me that no other American woman more truly deserx es to be called a great public servant than does J uha Clifford Lathrop the social serx lce worker Miss Lathrop was born in Rockford Illinois in 1808 After graduating from Vassar College of which she is now a trustee she became a resident of Hull House Chicago s great social settlement where she remained to spend many useful years worklng under that splendid leader Jane Addams Later because of her previous efficlent service Miss Lathrop was appointed a member of the Illinois State Board of Charities Here she performed her dutles with great lntelllgence and human understandmg Her strong belief in social education led directly to the better administration of county almshouses and state charltable 1nst1tut1ons and to the creation of the first Jux emle court in Illinois 'lhe thlrteen years spent in this work served Miss Lathrop as an excellent preparatory course for the great position she was to assume 1n the future In 1912 President 'laft placed Miss Lathrop 1n charge of the new Chll dren s Bureau at Washington It was the first time that a woman had been put at the head of a federal bureau The task which Miss Lathrop undertook was a tremendous one She was to organize a new federal bureau and create a new governmental organism It would have been easy to fall 1nto the rut of conventional reform This the new chief refused to do She aimed hlgh and because of her veritable genius she was able to reach her mark The first and most valuable work of the bureau was the study of lnfant mortallty An ordinary executne would have become lI'1N olwed in the laby rinth of statistical research Miss Lathrop however was not an ordinary executlve Her reports were simple and to the polnt She discow ered that the babies of the xery poor die with appalling swiftness The people of Amer ica were informed that the ln es of tens of thousands of chlldren were being sacrificed to poverty Her facts were unrefutable her logic undeniable lhe C hlldren s Bureau was enabled to deal effectn ely with an endless social struggle It would be a great mlstake to plcture Miss Lathrop as hax 1ng been merely a detached admlnlstrator of a body of student researchers She caused 1 . I J ' ., , A c ' . . Y V . Y 1 ' V V v , C r 1 . , Y . . v 7 x x n I v L A C s . ' A - I - ' 4 v C 1 ' l ' , , , ful C ulker ' , , . , , L .. . 1 , v . Y 7 ' 7 ' 7 - , . . 2 I 1 7 Y ' 7 . . 7. . . 7 , . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . . , .. . . , , . . 1 j ' , . . 1 r ' . . . 7 . v v . - ' i a 7 . Y . . - - - L . ' ' ' YW . , - . , 1 . v . 1 I. , , . . . . I . 1 v. . . 1

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