How School Lunch Got Its Start

Headlines in History: Home-Packed to Hot Meals: How School Lunch Got Its Start

Home-Packed to Hot Meals: How School Lunch Got Its Start

Students are heading back to school, and it’s time to think about school lunch again. In 1946, US legislation established the National School Lunch Program to help ensure hungry students received a nutritional meal during the day. But long before Congress mandated school lunch, the efforts of women’s groups brought the issue to the forefront. They argued that there was an important link between good nutrition and learning.



The debate surrounding school lunch was part of a larger social reform movement during the late 1800s and early 1900s, during which women advocated for issues like suffrage, equal rights, child labor laws, and other societal struggles.
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