The Woman who Saved the Children
Hidden Histories
- Date
- Tuesday, 12 Jan 2027
- Time
- 7pm
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- Crowdcast
About this event
In 1919, one remarkable woman stood up for starving children and found herself arrested in Trafalgar Square. Her name was Eglantyne Jebb, and her determination to make a difference would go on to change children’s lives around the world.
Join Boundless for a fascinating online event with historian and author Clare Mulley, as we discover the extraordinary story behind The Woman Who Saved the Children.
Despite facing criticism and opposition, Eglantyne refused to give up. She turned her arrest into an opportunity to raise vital funds for her newly founded Save the Children charity, winning support from some surprising people along the way.
But her vision went far beyond providing food and practical help. Eglantyne believed that every child, wherever they lived, deserved safety, care and protection. Her pioneering work helped lay the foundations for the international movement for children’s rights that continues to make a difference today.
Discover the woman behind the remarkable story, the challenges she faced and how one act of protest grew into a movement that changed the way the world thinks about childhood.
Whether you love history or enjoy discovering the inspiring stories of people who have made a lasting difference, this is an event you won’t want to miss.
We will be giving away 3 copies of Clare’s book on the night to members tuning in.
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About the Author
Clare Mulley
Clare is an award-winning author mainly focused on female experience during the Second World War. Her books include AGENT ZO, about the only woman to parachute from Britain to enemy-occupied Poland to play a key role in the resistance; THE WOMEN WHO FLEW FOR HITLER telling the remarkable story of Nazi Germany’s only two female test pilots, one of whom tried to save Hitler’s life while the other tried to kill him; THE SPY WHO LOVED about Churchill’s ‘favourite spy’, the Polish-born British special agent Krystyna Skarbek aka Christine Granville; and THE WOMAN WHO SAVED THE CHILDREN, the inspiring story of Eglantyne Jebb, the controversial founder of Save the Children. All are all under option, and widely translated. Clare writes and reviews for journals including the Spectator, TLS and BBC History Magazine, and has judged both the HWA non-fiction prize and the Slightly Foxed Biographers Club prize. Popular on podcasts such as History Hit and We Have Ways, radio including Women’s Hour and the Today Programme, she is a regular face on TV, contributing to the BBC’s Second World War commemorations, Rise of the Nazis series, Newsnight and The One Show, as well as many series for Channel 5, Channel 4, the History Channel, and Sky. Clare is a recipient of the Bene Merito cultural honour of the Republic of Poland, the Polish Foreign Ministry’s History Book Prize, and the Daily Mail Biographers Club Prize. Her work has also been shortlisted for The Women's Prize and the Historical Writers Association non-fiction prizes. She lives in Essex with the sculptor Ian Wolter, too many books, and a hairy lurcher who needs more baths. www.claremulley.com
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