"Eglantyne Jebb and the writing of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child" talk by Prof. Linda Mahood at Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg > 3pm on 11th January 2012

Time : 3:00 pm

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)

Place : Seminar Room, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library ( NMML ), Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi

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Event Details : The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library cordially invites you to The Seminar on 'Eglantyne Jebb and the writing of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child' by Prof. Linda Mahood, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

Eglantyne Jebb, like half a million other women, was drawn into what was called philanthropy, charity work or slumming. A grammar school teacher, Charity Organization Society social worker, 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. This paper 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.

Speaker : Prof. Linda Mahood, BA (University of Saskatchewan)  M Litt., Phd, (University of Glasgow, Scotland) Professor of History at the University of Guelph in Canada. She is author of 3 monography: The Magdalenes, Policing Gender Class and Family and Feminism and Voluntary Action: Eglantyne Jebb and Save the Children and many articles in the histories of gender, sexuality, juvenile delinquency and child welfare agencies.

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