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Open Spaces : With the Excerpt 'The Open Space Movement' by Charles Edmund Maurice - Octavia Hill

Open Spaces

With the Excerpt 'The Open Space Movement' by Charles Edmund Maurice

By: Octavia Hill, Charles Edmund Maurice (Contribution by)

Paperback | 14 August 2020

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Octavia Hill (1838â"1912) was an English social reformer who concentrated on the welfare of city dwellers. Hill was a co-founder of the National Trust, as well as the Charity Organisation Society (now known as Family Action), which pioneered the home-visiting service that provided the basis for modern social work in the U. K. One of her main beliefs was that urban workers should have ample open spaces to enjoy and relax in, and she campaigned vehemently against destroying urban woodlands. In her 1877 essay âOpen Spacesâ, Hill argues for the protection of green spaces and against the destroying of existing green, open spaces in London, including Hampstead Heath and Parliament Hill Fieldsâ"spots that remain open spaces to this day thanks to her efforts. Read & Co. Great Essays is republishing this classic essay now complete with the excerpt âThe Open Space Movementâ by Charles Edmund Maurice.

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