In 1930, Van Rensselaer participated in a White House Conference on Child Health and Protection, which set a Progressive Era agenda for youth health, social policy, and education, and the drafting the Children's Charter, a national declaration on child rearing.
In 1930, she played a leadership role in the White House Conference on Child Health and Protection, which set a critical Progressive Era agenda for youth health, social policy, and education. There she contributed to the drafting the Children's Charter, a national declaration on child rearing.