🎧 Eglantyne Jebb and 100 Years of Save The Children with Clare Mulley
20th Century
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18m
Clare Mulley chats to Dan about Eglantyne Jebb, the founder of Save the Children. Now 100 years old, Save the Children was initially founded in response to the plight of German and Austrian children during the blockade of Germany in the aftermath of World War One. Producer: Peter Curry
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