Original Womens Committee Council Of National Defense Pin WWI Pinback Button Pin For Sale

Original Women\'s Committee Council Of National Defense Pin WWI Pinback Button Pin
Woman\'s Committee Council of National Defense. The Council was formed to coordinate resources and industry in support of the USA’s war effort. The Woman’s Committee had several areas of emphasis: Americanization, Child Welfare, Educational Propaganda, Food Administration, Food Production, Foreign and Allied Relief, Health and Recreation, Registration, Women in Industry, Maintenance of Existing Social Agencies.
This was part of the \"Woman\'s Committee Council of National Defense,\" a government established advisory committee headed by suffragist Dr. Anna Shaw to coordinate women’s efforts in WWI. Shaw was chosen by Carrie Chapman Catt to lead the effort, signifying suffrage support for America’s participation in in the war; that participation was often referred to as a reason for suffrage, by President Wilson and others.1917 - 1919
During World War I, the United States created the Women\'s Committee of the Council of National Defense to organize and coordinate women\'s war work. The Women\'s Committee had a federalist structure of national, state, and local committees to organize the different levels of women\'s societies in the country.
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