Introducing the inspirational #EglantyneJebb who perhaps saved more lives than anyone in history!
Eglantyne was the passionate compassionate subject of my first book #TheWomanWhoSavedTheChildren.
Great to tell her story for BBC R4’s #HistoriesHeroes yesterday:
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@savechildrenuk.bsky.social
Interesting to hear #HistorysHeroes about #EglantyneJebb and how #SaveTheChildren was founded.
What has Tracey Ulman found in my book?!?!
Such a great night speaking about the inspirational, radical, passionate, compassionate #EglantyneJebb, founder of @savethechildren.org , with among others the brilliant #TraceyUlman… ½
Absolutely thrilled to have this belated obit of #EglantyneJebb, the inspirational subject of my first book, #TheWomanWhoSavedTheChildren, in today’s New York Times!!
If anyone could grab me a copy that would be wonderful!
#EglantyneJebb, #BOTD 1876, founded @savethechildren.org at end #WW1, securing 1st donation fm prosecutor in the trial against her, after her arrest in Trafalgar Sq a wk earlier. Her drawings show she was not so good on a bike, navigating sheep! For more see #TheWomanWhoSavedTheChildren
I worked for @savechildrenuk.bsky.social . My 1st bk was a biog of their founder, #EglantyneJebb. I remain appalled by the actions of Hamas, inc brutally murdering Israeli children. I am appalled by the forced starvation, bombing, & detention of Palestinian children. More action is needed, now.
I’m delighted to tell the remarkable, shamefully little-known, & truly inspirational, story of #EglantyneJebb #TheWomanWhoSavedTheChildren, for the latest episode of the fabulous BBC R4 series #HistorysHeroes…
#OTD last year I was honoured to give the graveside address at the reinterment of #EglantyneJebb in Switzerland’s ‘Cemetery of Kings’.
The daring, brilliant Jebb was being honoured by Geneva in recognition of her life’s work… a story told in my book #TheWomanWhoSavedTheChildren.
& they showed me they’d also just hung this pic of the amazing, unconventional #EglantyneJebb #TheWomanWhoSavedTheChildren, founder of #savethechildren….
‘If our world is far from perfect, I dare to believe that their actions have made it better…’
Wonderful to receive this restorative letter from Rouen Uni, where they’re launching a new exhibition abt, among others, #EglantyneJebb, subject of my book, #TheWomanWhoSavedTheChildren
‘Every war is a war against children’.
#RhidianBrook quotes #EglantyneJebb in today’s profoundly moving & important #BBCRadio4 #thoughtfotheday.
Jebb’s passionate & compassionate life story is told in my book #TheWomanWhoSavedTheChildren.
Beautiful pencil sketch of Jebb by #AgneteBrinch.
Lecturing a brilliant class on the inspirational #EglantyneJebb (#TheWomanWhoSavedTheChildren) at #Geneva uni @unigeneve for @SummerUNIGE .
These students were bursting with questions about this founder of @savechildrenuk & pioneer of #childrights…
A privilege to be at the UN UNCRC today, to discuss advocating #childrensrights arnd the world.
Here at #PalaisWilson with #CRC ch #AnneSkelton & #PhilipJaffé, delighted that my biog of #EglantyneJebb, #TheWomanWhoSavedTheChildren, founder SaveTheChildren & pioneer of child rights still inspires!
This morning I had the privilege of talking abt child rights pioneer #EglantyneJebb with students attending the #UnitedNations #HumanRightsCouncil in #Geneva.
As we discussed #TheWomanWhoSavedTheChildren the council was in session below!
Wonderful to see HRH #PrincessAnne present a copy of my biography of #EglantyneJebb #TheWomanWhoSavedTheChildren to the winner of this year’s #JebbScolarship.
Also fab to see Jebb herself out to greet the Princess, on the local postbox!
While in #Geneva, delighted to find this new children’s park named in honour of #EglantyneJebb 🙂
Article 6 of the #uncrc that evolved from Jebb’s pioneering statement of universal #ChildRights, is the right to play.
(54 articles inc right to life, protection, education, more…)
A grt honour to give the graveside address at the reinterment of #EglantyneJebb in Geneva today.
‘There is no inherent impossibility in saving the children of this world. It is only impossible if we make it so, but our refusal to attempt it’, she said.
She est’d #SaveTheChildren.
