Feminism and Voluntary Action [Hardback]Eglantyne Jebb and Save the Children, 1876-1928by Linda Mahood
Usually ships within 5 to 7 working days Description of Feminism and Voluntary ActionEglantyne Jebb, like half a million other women, was drawn into what was called philanthropy, charity work or slumming. A grammar school teacher, publicist and fundraiser for Macedonian Relief Fund, Agricultural Organization Society, Fight the Famine Council and co-founder of Save the Children, Jebb led a group of feminists and pacifists to collaborate on the Declaration of the Rights of the Child. Women born late in Victoria's reign were beneficiaries of expanded educational opportunities; however, legal and social conventions stifled many ambitions. Charity work represented a chance for adventure and rebellion, but it was also thankless work that could be physically and morally exhausting. Feminism and Voluntary Action uses Jebb's life as a lens through which to view the role volunteering played in women's lives before and after WWI. By ousting the Lady Bountiful, and promising to give aid to children regardless of race or creed, Jebb created the first international child welfare charity and brought a professional ethos to unpaid social work.Title Information
Write a review of this book Customer Reviews from AmazonAbout Linda MahoodLINDA MAHOOD is Associate Professor of History at the University of Guelph in Canada. She is author of The Magdalenes and Policing Gender Class and Family and articles in history of gender, sexuality history of juvenile delinquency and children's welfare agencies.Contents of Feminism and Voluntary ActionPrologue: 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 'Internationalization' of Charity in Peacetime: Declaring the Rights of the Child |
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