Feminism and Voluntary Action
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Feminism and Voluntary Action

Eglantyne Jebb and Save the Children, 1876–1928

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Feminism and Voluntary Action

Eglantyne Jebb and Save the Children, 1876–1928

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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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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2009
ISBN
9780230245204
Topic
Storia
Subtopic
Storia britannica

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Series
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. List of Illustrations
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. List of Abbreviations
  11. Prologue: No Silk-Blouse Social Worker
  12. Chapter 1: The Lady Bountiful and the Country Squire: Lessons in Life, Love and Woodcarving
  13. Chapter 2: Raising Rebel Daughters: Lessons for Lives of Social Action
  14. Chapter 3: Educating Eglantyne: The Young Lady of Lady Margaret Hall
  15. Chapter 4: Ribbons and Trumpets: Toils and Troubles at Teachers College
  16. Chapter 5: ‘Hewing out my Future in Defiance to my Friends’: The Life and Times of a Gentlewoman School Mistress
  17. Chapter 6: Matchmaking Matrons and the Misread Maidens of the Cambridge Charity Organization Society
  18. Chapter 7: Honour thy Mother: Duty vs ‘Free Unsheltered Life Fraught with Pitfalls and Danger’
  19. Chapter 8: The Sisters and Social Action
  20. Chapter 9: ‘A Perfect Jungle of Intrigues, Suspicion and Hypocrisies’: The Early Save the Children Fund in Time of Crisis
  21. Chapter 10: ‘Internationalization’ of Charity in Peacetime: Declaring the Rights of the Child
  22. Epilogue: The Legacy of a Rebel Daughter and Early Save the Children Women
  23. Appendix 1: Women Founders of the Save the Children Fund: General Council members (1920–1939)
  24. Notes
  25. Bibliography
  26. Index