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The Woman Who Saved the Children

By: Clare Mulley
Narrated by: Joely Richardson, Clare Mulley - introduction and foreword
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This is an unconventional biography of an unconventional woman. Eglantyne Jebb moved from drawing rooms to war zones, often defying expectation and at times breaking the law. Although not fond of individual children, she founded Save the Children and originated the revolutionary concept of children's human rights. Clare Mulley brings to life the brilliant, charismatic, passionate, and compassionate woman, whose work has saved millions of lives and permanently changed the way the world treats children. Save the Children ambassador Joely Richardson narrates this extraordinary story.

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©2009 Clare Mulley (P)2020 Naxos Audiobooks 20th Century Children's Studies Disaster Relief Elections & Political Process Gender Studies Historical Modern Philanthropy & Charity Politicians Politics & Activism Politics & Government Social Policy Social Sciences Women War Human Rights Child Welfare
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Reading this book left me absolutely enraged—in the best way. How is it that every girl knows who Jane Austen is, yet this extraordinary woman remains almost unknown?

Her life was astonishing: a bucolic childhood, a first love as tempestuous as Wuthering Heights, a passionate affair with another woman, a war nurse, a spy, a diplomat, and an eccentric in her later years. Each chapter reveals a woman far ahead of her time, fearless and unapologetically herself.

The ending loses a bit of momentum—perhaps a reflection of how our own stories slow with age—but it doesn’t diminish her heroism. She is, unequivocally, my hero.

How is her life not already a movie?

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