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Phoebe Cusden MBE
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Phoebe Cusden (1887-1981) was the founder of the Reading Düsseldorf Association, and its Chairman from 1949 to 1970. She had a passionate commitment to peace and international friendship, and a deep concern for children.
In 1997, to celebrate our fiftieth anniversary, we commissioned Adam Stout to write a biography of Phoebe, which he entitled "A Bigness of Heart". A few copies of this can still be obtained from the Chairman, but we have now scanned it as a set of PDF files and also obtained the original text from Adam.
You can download the complete set as a Zip file (9.6 Mb) here.
Or you can view each of the files here:
Text of book as PDF (searchable)
CHAPTER ONE - A Bigness of Heart
CHAPTER TWO - The Red Woman
CHAPTER THREE - Nurseries for Citizens
CHAPTER FOUR - Love Thine Enemy
CHAPTER FIVE - Peace and Freedom
CHAPTER SIX - A Very Active Pacifist
CHAPTER SEVEN - Impetuous Idealism
The book in all its forms is copyright © Adam Stout 1997 and is reproduced here by permission.
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12 March 2010