Lending a Hand, Seeing the World : Memoir of an International Volunteer
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| Title: | Lending a Hand, Seeing the World : Memoir of an International Volunteer |
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| Description: | Judith Love Schwab had many duties as an international volunteer, but some of the most memorable were following meerkats in the Kalahari Desert, collecting data on early gardens and buildings for archaeologists on Easter Island, helping care for underserved babies in Romania, teaching English in Poland, sifting for bones and shells in Portugal and working with severely disabled adults at an institution in Greece. While recounting these experiences, Schwab also examines the limitations imposed on her as a female growing up in the middle of the 20th century and the inhibitions she overcame to begin traveling in her fifties. |
| Authors: | Judith Love Schwab |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Independent travel, Women--Conduct of life, Volunteer tourism, Women travelers--United States--Biography, Women volunteers--United States--Biography |
| Categories: | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Volunteer Work |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Judith Love Schwab had many duties as an international volunteer, but some of the most memorable were following meerkats in the Kalahari Desert, collecting data on early gardens and buildings for archaeologists on Easter Island, helping care for underserved babies in Romania, teaching English in Poland, sifting for bones and shells in Portugal and working with severely disabled adults at an institution in Greece. While recounting these experiences, Schwab also examines the limitations imposed on her as a female growing up in the middle of the 20th century and the inhibitions she overcame to begin traveling in her fifties. |
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| ISBN: | 9781476681399 9781476640495 |
