Little Mother Stories

Booth, Maud Ballington

Published by Volunteer Prison League, New York, 1906

About this Item

Library REBIND, library stamps/marks/labels/pocket/slip, light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Maud Ballington Booth was involved in the Salvation Army movement and married General Booth's son Ballington. The couple was sent to the United States to bring organization and fund-raising to the Salvation Army there. While successful, General Booth disapproved of a number of their changes and ordered them back to England. They refused, left the Salvation Army, and co-founded the Volunteers of America. Maud Ballington Booth became a leader in prison reform, the reform of the parole system and the establishment of the first private half-way house. Known as the "Little Mother of the Prisons". Little Mother Stories is a collection of six memoirs, each reflecting prison reform issues on a personal level: "All's Well", The "Given-up" Man, "Behind Prison Walls", "Bruising the Broken Reed", Against the Tide, and Prison-Shadowed Homes. Hard-to-find book by Maud Ballington Booth that educates and popularizes the prison reform movement. ; Ex-Library; 127 pages. Seller Inventory # 15478

Bibliographic Details

Title: Little Mother Stories

Publisher: Volunteer Prison League, New York

Publication Date: 1906

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good-

Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket