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Octavia Hill (1838–1912) is today best remembered as one of the founders of the National Trust. However, her involvement in education and social reform, and particularly housing, was a large part of her work. Shocked at the poverty and overcrowding she found in London slums, she began to acquire and improve properties which would restore the tenants' dignity and self-respect. She organized a team of volunteer 'district visitors' to help the residents, and especially children, to achieve a better quality of life, including the provision of open spaces, training and recreational amenities. She was considerably influenced by Rev. F.D. Maurice, theologian and social worker, whose son, the editor of this work, married Octavia's sister Emily. The letters from which the 'life' is compiled show her extraordinary ability as an organiser, her humanity, and how much effort she put into her various activities, often overworking until she became ill.

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Kategoria Książki po angielsku Humanities History Regional & national history

• Pełny tytuł: Life of Octavia Hill
• Podtytuł: As Told in her Letters
• Autor: Octavia HillC. Edmund Maurice
• Język: Angielski
• Oprawa: Miękka
• Liczba stron: 630
• EAN: 9781108024570
• ISBN: 1108024572
• ID: 02055821
• Wydawca: Cambridge University Press
• Waga: 852 g
• Wymiary: 219 × 145 × 39 mm
• Data wydania: 23. December 2010

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