Feminism and voluntary action : Eglantyne Jebb and Save the Children, 1876-1928 / Linda Mahood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mahood, Linda, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jebb, Eglantyne.

Child welfare workers--Great Britain--Biography.

Child welfare workers.

Save the Children Fund (Great Britain).

Children's rights--Great Britain.

Children's rights.

Feminism--Great Britain--History.

Feminism.

Great Britain.

History.

Voluntarism--Great Britain--History.

Voluntarism.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xii, 291 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

Summary:

"Eglantyne Jebb was a teacher, social investigator and founder of the Save the Children Fund. Her "Declaration of the Rights of the Child," adopted by League of Nations, shows evolution from Charity Organization Society model to philosophy of international mutual responsibility, childrens rights and humanitarianism"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Prologue: No Silk-Blouse Social Worker The Lady Bountiful and the Country Squire: Lessons in Life, Love and Woodcarving Raising Rebel Daughters: Lessons for Lives of Social Action Educating Eglantyne: The Young Lady of Lady Margaret Hall Ribbons and Trumpets: Toils and Troubles at Teacher Training College Hewing out my Future in Defiance to my Friends: The Life and Times of a Gentlewoman School Mistress Matchmaking Matrons and the Misread Maidens of the Cambridge Charity Organization Society Honour thy Mother: Duty vs Free Unsheltered Life Fraught with Pitfalls and Danger The Sisters and Social Action, A Perfect Jungle of Intrigues, Suspicion and Hypocrisies: The Early Save the Children Fund in Time of Crisis Internationalisation of Charity in Peacetime: Declaring the Rights of the Child.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230525603

0230525601

OCLC:

294885561