Champions for children: The lives of modern child care pioneers
Bob Holman
Abstract
Numerous books have been written about Victorian child-care pioneers, but few biographical studies have been published about more recent child-care and welfare pioneers. This book looks at the lives of six inspirational individuals who have made significant contributions to the well being of disadvantaged children over the course of the twentieth century. Each of the six discussed – Eleanor Rathbone, Marjory Allen, Clare Winnicott, John Stroud, Barbara Kahan, and Peter Townsend – has been important in establishing present systems of ch ild care and child welfare, and in stimulating debate ... More
Keywords: Eleanor Rathbone, Marjory Allen, Clare Winnicott, John Stroud, Barbara Kahan, Peter Townsend, child care, child welfare
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2001 | Print ISBN-13: 9781861343536 |
| Published to Policy Press Scholarship Online: March 2012 | DOI:10.1332/policypress/9781861343536.001.0001 |
