Feminism and Voluntary Action [electronic resource] : Eglantyne Jebb and Save the Children, 1876–1928 /
Mahood, L.author.
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, children's rights and humanitarianism.
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Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Prologue: No Silk-Blouse Social Worker; Chapter 1 The Lady Bountiful and the Country Squire: Lessons in Life, Love and Woodcarving; Chapter 2 Raising Rebel Daughters: Lessons for Lives of Social Action; Chapter 3 Educating Eglantyne: The Young Lady of Lady Margaret Hall; Chapter 4 Ribbons and Trumpets: Toils and Troubles at Teachers College; Chapter 5 'Hewing out my Future in Defiance to my Friends': The Life and Times of a Gentlewoman School Mistress
Chapter 6 Matchmaking Matrons and the Misread Maidens of the Cambridge Charity Organization SocietyChapter 7 Honour thy Mother: Duty vs 'Free Unsheltered Life Fraught with Pitfalls and Danger'; Chapter 8 The Sisters and Social Action; Chapter 9 'A Perfect Jungle of Intrigues, Suspicion and Hypocrisies': The Early Save the Children Fund in Time of Crisis; Chapter 10 'Internationalization' of Charity in Peacetime: Declaring the Rights of the Child; Epilogue: The Legacy of a Rebel Daughter and Early Save the Children Women
Appendix 1 Women Founders of the Save the Children Fund: General Council members (1920-1939)Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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, children's rights and humanitarianism.
Jebb, Eglantyne.
Save the Children Fund (Great Britain)
Great Britain—History.
Social history.
Civilization—History.
Social work.
History, Modern.
Literature.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Social History.
Cultural History.
Social Work.
Modern History.
Literature, general.