SAINTS AND REBELS

by Eloise Lownsbery ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 15, 1937

The title does not define the interest of this book, which is unique in its field and should fill a real need and be headed for a long life. In selecting her ""saints and rebels"", the author has definitely gone beyond the usual limitations. There is not an obvious personality in the group, which includes the following: - Henrietta Szold, head of the Youth Movement in Palestine, saint and rebel and a world character today: Catherine Breshkovsky, the ""little grandmother"" of Russia; Malvida von Meysenbug, who blazed the trail for rebels among women, when she threw over her birthright of aristocracy to identify herself with the forces of social reform in Germany; Don Bosco, whose work for youth has born fruit in thousands of night schools, craft schools, dispensaries, hospitals, the world over; Lord Shaftesbury, born to riches and sacrificing everything to the cause of the downtrodden, particularly the child workers of England; Hannah More, whose work in the field of education for the poor bore world wide fruits; William Wilberforce, who won freedom for England's slaves throughout the Empire; Sarah Josepha Hale, who fought to liberate women, when woman's place was considered only in the home; Thomas Paine, who sowed the seed that brought our country freedom; St. Vincent de Paul who laid the foundations for organized work among the poor; Christine de Pisan, in the 14th century, demanded intellectual freedom and fought for the cause of peace; Fra Antonino who gave practical demonstration of the principles of Karl Marx five hundred years before him. Each brief biography presents an individual who stood for something, and over a span of centuries one builds a sense of a greater humanity. Interesting and challenging reading. Inspirational quality -- important factual background material, not readily obtainable. An important book for schools and libraries.

Pub Date: Sept. 15, 1937

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Longmans, Green

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 1937

Categories: NONFICTION