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Look Up And Hope! The Motto Of The Volunteer Prison League: The Life Of Maud Ballington Booth

Look Up And Hope! The Motto Of The Volunteer Prison League: The Life Of Maud Ballington Booth

Welty, Susan Fulton

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Fiction AnthologiesCriminologyGeneral Christianity

ISBN10: 1163698709
ISBN13: 9781163698709
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Sep 10 2010
Pages: 284
Weight: 0.84
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Look Up And Hope! The Motto Of The Volunteer Prison League: The Life Of Maud Ballington Booth by Susan Fulton Welty is a biography of Maud Ballington Booth, a social reformer who dedicated her life to helping prisoners and their families. Booth was the daughter of William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army, and she inherited her father's passion for social justice. The book chronicles Booth's life from her early years as a member of the Salvation Army to her work with the Volunteer Prison League, an organization she founded to provide support and assistance to prisoners and their families. The book also explores Booth's personal life, including her marriage to the Reverend Charles Albert Penrose and her struggles with health issues.Through Booth's story, the book provides a fascinating look into the history of prison reform in the United States. It also highlights the important role that women played in the social reform movements of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Overall, Look Up And Hope! The Motto Of The Volunteer Prison League: The Life Of Maud Ballington Booth is an inspiring and informative biography of a remarkable woman who dedicated her life to making the world a better place.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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