Muriel Paget, 1876-1938, philanthropist & Save the Children Fund supporter, (SCF/P/2/9 page 136), Cadbury Research Library
Lady Muriel Paget, daughter of the twelfth earl of Winchilsea was a philanthropist and humanitarian relief worker. Prior to WWI she founded soup kitchens for the poor in several districts of London but in 1915, after the birth of her fifth child, she widened her sphere of activities to focus on relief work in Eastern Europe and Russia. She organised field hospitals for the military wounded and food kitchens for the civilian population and during the Russian famine attempted to set up child welfare centres and nurse training. She worked closely with the Save the Children Fund, travelling tirelessly on the 'Lady Paget Missions', writing to raise funds and lobbying to encourage support. She was appointed OBE in 1918 and CBE in 1938, and received decorations from countries including Russian, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Lithuania and Latvia. She served on the SCF Council 1922-1929, and thereafter as a vice-president until 1938.
Text by Anne George, Archivist, Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham.
SCF/P/2/9, Cadbury Research Library
Muriel Paget, 1876-1938, philanthropist & Save the Children Fund supporter, (SCF/P/2/9 page 136), Cadbury Research Library
Lady Muriel Paget, daughter of the twelfth earl of Winchilsea was a philanthropist and humanitarian relief worker. Prior to WWI she founded soup kitchens for the poor in several districts of London but in 1915, after the birth of her fifth child, she widened her sphere of activities to focus on relief work in Eastern Europe and Russia. She organised field hospitals for the military wounded and food kitchens for the civilian population and during the Russian famine attempted to set up child welfare centres and nurse training. She worked closely with the Save the Children Fund, travelling tirelessly on the 'Lady Paget Missions', writing to raise funds and lobbying to encourage support. She was appointed OBE in 1918 and CBE in 1938, and received decorations from countries including Russian, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Lithuania and Latvia. She served on the SCF Council 1922-1929, and thereafter as a vice-president until 1938.
Text by Anne George, Archivist, Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham.
SCF/P/2/9, Cadbury Research Library