Katharine F. Lenroot
/Overview
Katharine F. Lenroot born Superior, WI March 8, 1891 (d. 1982). Internationalist; child welfare expert. Head of US Children's Bureau; adviser to League of Nations on white slave traffic; president of 8th Pan-American Children's Conference, 1942. Aided European children in WWII; co-founded UNICEF, 1946; planned International Youth Charter, 1946.
Quotations
“We cannot put aside until after the war our concern for children. . . Ours is the twofold task of assuring a future for our children and rearing children fit for a future which shall be built upon foundations of justice, security and mercy for all.” (May 2, 1942, 8th Pan-Am. Child Congress; photo Social Welfare History)