AHA 2017 annual meeting presentation

1. A T H O M E O N T H E R O A D :
W O M E N ’ S C O M M U N I T Y
O R G A N I Z A T I O N S A N D T R A F F I C
S A F E T Y R E G U L A T I O N I N T H E
1 9 5 0 S
R E N É E B L A C K B U R N * A H A 2 0 1 7 * 8 J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 7

2. “I should like to say,
however, that you
perhaps more than any of
us have contributed to
what progress we have
been able to make in the
field of traffic safety and in
your support of the
President’s Committee.”
LBJ Presidential Library
T . S . P E T E R S O N , P R E S I D E N T
S T A N D A R D O I L C O .

3. ...how the Action Program fit
into transportation policy,
focused on citizen
engagement, and the ways in
which women's community
organizations influenced and
used the Action Program in
their work.
LBJ Presidential Library

5. • Education
• Driver’s Training
• Safety Education
• Enforcement
• Police & Courts
• Traffic Law
• Engineering
• Traffic Signs
• Road Development
G. Donald Kennedy, Bentley Historical Library, UM

6. – A C T I O N P R O G R A M , 1 9 4 9
“In highway safety, the individual is supreme. He can, by
his act in the fraction of a second, either fulfill the
mandate to be a safe highway user or nullify the effort
which has been expended to safeguard lives and
property. There is no substitute for individual caution, and
no excuse for individual carelessness.”

7. National Automotive History Collection, Detroit Public Library

8. National Automotive History Collection, Detroit Public Library

9. Safe Attitudes Build Safe
Homes .. Safe Drivers ..
Safe Communities

11. G. Donald Kennedy, Bentley Historical Library, UM