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Josephine Macalister Brew

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137:, and opportunities for association with others, would best equip young people for the requirements of active citizenship; that 'it is in the interplay of social relationships that real and full individuality is attained'. This preparation would act as a counterbalance to a society in which, Brew wrote, 'we educate our children for the first fourteen years of their life as though there were no such thing as industry, and then surrender them to industry as though education had never been.' Brew also believed that, in light of 'much social injustice and many intolerable circumstances', the aim of club leaders should be social reform. In 42: 88:. The National Association of Girls Clubs and Mixed Clubs boasted, in 1944, 108,000 affiliated clubs, described as 'a training-ground for citizenship, giving a foretaste of the responsibilities and joys of an adult life, as well as an experience of community life.' Brew herself was a vocal advocate of mixed clubs, arguing for their benefits to young people and the society in which they lived. 76:, where she acted as secretary of the Lincoln Federation of Girls Clubs. Subsequently, Brew served on the executive committee of the National Association of Girls' Clubs (later the National Association of Girls' Clubs and Mixed Clubs) for whom, following a comparatively short period as youth officer for 127:
Perhaps nothing will matter more in the next fifty years than the ability of the common man to adapt himself to the changing world - a world in which material prosperity may be just around the corner, but where there are still vast acreages of barren land in the intellectual, emotional and spiritual
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If young people are to become fully alive to their own powers and capable of being responsible members of society, social conditions must not exist which make that almost impossible. Thus the club leader must constantly seek to persuade the wider community to fit itself to be the kind of society in
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They are the citizens of tomorrow, and to them the community has a double responsibility. Firstly, to provide each one of them with the possibilities of full and harmonious development, and secondly, to try to ensure that they are fitted to be members of the community of the future.
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wrote that 'there can be few people who have lived so fully, so usefully, or so serviceably' as Brew. 'She would', he concluded, 'prefer to be remembered as one who never lost her astringent affection for hundreds of 'crazy mixed-up kids'.' Dame
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For Brew, the function of youth work was educating 'individual personalities with powers of judgment who will indulge in group living in the service of a social ideal'. She believed that involvement in
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Brew believed that society had a responsibility to prepare its young people for their role as future citizens in a rapidly changing world. In 'Why Clubs at All?' (1943), she argued that:
102:, as well as national newspapers. Brew's writing has been described as having 'a characteristic flowing style that moves between erudition and the plain talking of a sensible aunt.' 177:
described Brew as a 'constructive force', whose 'great gift to us all is that she has built into the fibre of our nation something which will live on in the generations to come.'
25:(18 February 1904 – 30 May 1957) was a British educationist and youth worker. A 'pioneer of social group work as a vehicle for social education,' her 1946 work 397: 216: 68:
In Cardiff, Brew began her lifelong involvement in youth and community work, working with the Butetown Women and Girls' Club, and South Wales
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As well as active youth work, Brew was a sought after speaker, and contributor to numerous publications. These included pieces for the
57:, and graduated in 1925, after which she became a history teacher at Shaftesbury High School for Girls, Dorset. In 1932, Brew moved to 644: 92: 639: 169: 563: 545: 244: 483: 375: 263: 185: 649: 329: 264:"Youth Work, Social Education, Democratic Practice and the challenge of difference: A contribution to debate" 357: 54: 610: 41: 440: 634: 629: 53:, Wales, the daughter of Frederick Charles Brew, a boot and shoe dealer. She studied history at the 654: 81: 69: 527: 465: 286: 30: 91:
Brew also played a key role in creating the pilot Girls' Award (launched in 1958), part of the
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Walters, Phoebe M. (1944). "Review: 'In the Service of Youth' by J. Macalister Brew".
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St Woolos School, Newport, which Josephine Macalister Brew attended as a child.
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In the Service of Youth, a practical manual of work among adolescents (1944)
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which these young people can grow up to enter into full citizenship.
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Josephine Macalister Brew was born Mary Winifred Brew in
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She later became a youth officer in 16:British educationist and youth worker 7: 415: 413: 411: 391: 389: 351: 349: 347: 345: 343: 420:Brew, Josephine Macalister (1943). 221:Social Group Work in Great Britain, 14: 123:, published in 1946, Brew wrote: 501:Wolfenden, John (13 July 1957). 55:University of Wales, Aberystwyth 402:Children & Young People Now 382:. 20 September 1944. p. 5. 212:Youth and Youth Groups (1957) 1: 439:Brew, J. Macalister (1946). 328:Mary Winifred, Brew (1909). 283:10.1080/03054985.2013.803960 217:Group Work with Adolescents' 197:Clubs and Club Making (1943) 100:Times Educational Supplement 570:. 13 June 1957. p. 14. 671: 552:. 7 June 1957. p. 17. 271:Oxford Review of Education 251:. 31 May 1957. p. 12. 490:. 1 June 1957. p. 1. 93:Duke of Edinburgh's Award 20:Josephine Macalister Brew 546:"Dr. J. Macalister Brew" 645:British women educators 70:educational settlements 640:British social workers 564:"The Birthday Honours" 148: 130: 117: 46: 582:"Brew, J. 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CBE
the term

Llanelli
University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Cardiff
Doctor of Law
educational settlements
Lincoln
Oldham
Eileen Younghusband
Pearl Jephcott
Duke of Edinburgh's Award
Times Educational Supplement
youth clubs
Woodford Green
Nature
John Wolfenden
Isobel Cripps
Birthday Honours
CBE
Informal Education; Adventures and Reflections
Group Work with Adolescents'
Peter Kuenstler
"Dr. Josephine Brew"
"Youth Work, Social Education, Democratic Practice and the challenge of difference: A contribution to debate"
doi
10.1080/03054985.2013.803960
S2CID
144693430

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