For the sake of the children: The Lady Muriel Paget's Mission to the Baltic States (1920-1922)

A private organization created and managed by a devoted founder, Muriel Paget's Mission to the Baltic States developed a welfare programme merging Paget's pre-war charity work and the main agenda of post-war humanitarianism. In managing the mission's activities, Paget distinguished be...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inEuropean review of history = Revue européene d'histoire Vol. 31; no. 4; pp. 565 - 583
Main Author Griffante, Andrea
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 03.07.2024
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Charity
Child welfare
Colonization
Health care
Humanitarianism
humanitarianism in the Baltic States
Imperialism
Internationalism
Local knowledge
Medical personnel
Modernization
Mothers
Muriel Paget
Rehabilitation
relief
War
welfare in Estonia
welfare in Latvia
welfare in Lithuania
welfare in the Baltic States
Welfare services
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:A private organization created and managed by a devoted founder, Muriel Paget's Mission to the Baltic States developed a welfare programme merging Paget's pre-war charity work and the main agenda of post-war humanitarianism. In managing the mission's activities, Paget distinguished between relief and rehabilitation. While rehabilitation practices were an extension of the pre-war work in which Paget had been involved, child welfare measures reflected the understanding of rehabilitation as a cultural colonization project. Accordingly, Paget envisaged the intervention of the mission as a necessary tool for 'modernizing' the attitudes of mothers and knowledge of local medical and paramedical personnel alike, and, therefore, enabling the growth of healthy young generations and the implementation of a new 'modern' mothering culture for both mothers and healthcare workers. In this, Paget's Mission demonstrates significant continuity with analogous British humanitarian practices of that period as a particular intersection of liberal internationalism and imperialism.
ISSN:1350-7486
1469-8293
DOI:10.1080/13507486.2023.2280202