All timeline stories.

1921

Sheppard-Towner Act provides federal funding for maternity and childcare 

1925

Florence Kelley receives invitation from Joint Board of Sanitary Control to attend its 15th anniversary dinner 

1927

 More than 100 groups join NCL’s drive for Child Labor Act 

1933

National Industrial Recovery Act applies to child labor and home industry workers 

1935

Social Security legislation adopted

Roosevelt signs the Wagner Act protecting workers rights to form unions 

1938

Fair Labor Standards (FLSA) Act approved

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act approved, requiring drugs to be pretested before marketing 

1945

Wagner-Murray-Dingell national health bill endorsed by NCL 

1949

NCL leads committee for a Fair Minimum Wage, winning minimum wage increase from 40 to 75 cents 

1953

NCL promotes legislation on migrant labor 

1954

Proposal for disability insurance protection adopted