Slattery, Margaret,

He took it upon himself,Margaret Slattery. - Rev. and enl. edition. - Boston, The Pilgrim Press (c)1930. - 88 pages 19 cm.

"...glorious failures and thrilling successes of men and women who have taken it upon themselves to bring some measure of peace, beauty and security to the handicapped and underprivileged"--Cover.

Horace Mann -- Jacob Riis -- Helen Keller -- Thomas John Barnardo -- Frances Willard -- Sir Wilfred Grenfell -- Jane Addams -- Albert Schweitzer -- Hideyo Noguchi -- Pierre and Marie Curie -- Abraham Lincoln - - Toyohiko Kagawa -- Studdert-Kennedy.



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Altruism.
Social problems--Miscellanea.

BJ1474 / .H486 1930