The Woman who Saved the Children: A biography of Eglantyne Jebb

The compelling, prize-winning story of the woman who founded Save the Children in 1919.

Published
March 2010
Price
£9.99
ISBN
9781851687220

“To succeed in life, we must give life.”—Eglantyne Jebb (1876-1928)

Eglantyne Jebb, co-founder of Save the Children, did not “give life” in the traditional way by becoming a mother but instead dedicated her life to children’s welfare and human rights and permanently changed the way the world acts towards children.

At once a romantic and realist, Eglantyne’s short life (she died aged just 52) was full of humour and tragedy, passion and pain.

She moved from illicit romance in Cambridge to espionage in Serbia, from private spiritualism in Shropshire to public arrest in Trafalgar Square, rubbing elbows with such notables as George Bernard Shaw, John Maynard Keynes, and Pope Benedict XV.

And while children’s universal human rights are yet to be realised, Eglantyne’s achievement of putting them on the world agenda is a powerful testament to her rare combination of personal courage, eccentric charisma, and humane vision.

Author Clare Mulley joined Save the Children as a fundraiser in the 1990s and is now an author and mother of three young daughters. She is the winner of the Daily Mail Biographers’ Club prize 2007. Read about why Clare wrote this book (Word 26KB) or take a look at her blog.

May 2009 marks the 90th anniversary of Save the Children and the 20th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

All royalties from sales of this title will be donated to Save the Children.

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