...Howard Taft created a federal Children's Bureau and charged it with investigating and reporting on "all matters pertaining to the welfare of children and child life among all classes of people."17 The Bureaus first assignment was to study why so many American infants died. Part of this...

...be President Taft who would sign the bill marking its creation. The bureau's mandate included "all matters pertaining to the welfare of children and child life among all classes of people," though infant mortality and the birthrate were highlighted as concerns of the agency. 12 Toward...