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The critical task facing the Children's Bureau in its early days was the establishment of an institution that could survive recurring appropriation crises. How Julia Lathrop, the first woman bureau chief in the federal government, defined its mission, selected operating goals from its statutory functions, and utilized a potent constituency network is the subject of this paper.
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