Pt. I. America Prepares for Better Babies. 1. Baby Saving as an Urban Issue. 2. The Beginning and Growth of Healthy Baby Competition -- Pt. II. The Search for Perfect Babies. 3. Judging Babies Scientifically. 4. The Public Appeal of Babies. 5. Celebrating Champion Babies and Publicizing Perfection -- Pt. III. Organizing for Better Babies. 6. Educating Mothers. 7. Women Take Charge -- Pt. IV. The Future of Better Babies. 8. The "Urgent Question" of Prizes and Competitions. 9. Perfect and Better Babies Changed -- App. 1. Events Related to Baby-Saving and Child Health Activism -- App. 2. U.S. Infant Mortality Rates -- App. 3. Team of Examining Physicians, Denver, Colorado (1913) -- App. 4. Comparisons of Score Cards -- App. 5. Ratio of Physicians to Baby Examinations -- App. 6. 100-Percent Perfect and Prize Babies -- App. 7. Twins and Triplets in Better Baby Contests -- App. 8. Moving Picture Films at Better Baby Contests --App. 9. Female Physicians at Baby Health Contests
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