CHYS 2P38 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Eglantyne Jebb, Charity Organization Society, Dominick Fernow
11 Feb 2016
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Chys 2p38 lecture 2: children, youth, and society. Missionary and failed medical student (kicked him out because he was being too aggressive, and he dropped out of medical school) Barnardo scheme to send children to canada, australia (take children as orphans to canada and have them adopted, and they would work as farm laborers. Early awareness that charities required funding to operate (didn"t really raise a lot of taxes so couldn"t get a lot of money); did campaigns by taking pictures. Pioneered the use of photography to represent typical. Sometimes took children from families without their knowledge (picked children up who looked homeless and assumed that, so he would take them in) Before and after images illustrating program effectiveness. 1877 charged by charity organization society with corruption, sexual impropriety (had different views; wanted to torpedo his organization because they didn"t approve) Images were staged for the camera, but defended by.
