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Berry Mayall (c. 1936–2021) was a British academic and sociologist.
Berry Mayall | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1936 |
| Died | 25 October 2021 |
| Education | Newnham College, Cambridge |
| Occupation(s) | Academic, sociologist |
| Known for | Childhood studies, children's rights advocacy |
Mayall was born in Leicester. In 1958, she graduated in English from Newnham College in the University of Cambridge.[1]
She worked at the Institute of Education (now part of the University College London) as a childhood studies academic researcher[1] and set up the Sociology of Childhood and Children's Rights masters' degree at the university.[2] She argued that modern Western societies often marginalised input from children and adolescents,[3] and saw children as oppressed within society.[1] She also noted the connections between the children's rights movement and the early 20th-century feminist movement, especially in the latter's aims to improve the health and education of primary school-aged children.[4]
See also
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edit- ^ a b c d Penn, Helen (27 December 2021). "Berry Mayall obituary". The Guardian.
- ^ a b Morrow, Virginia (17 December 2021). "In Memoriam Berry Mayall". Childhood. 28 (4): 09075682211066391. doi:10.1177/09075682211066391. ISSN 0907-5682. S2CID 245321573.
- ^ Leys, Nick (13 July 1999). "Children 'pushed aside'". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 7.
- ^ "A Tribute to Professor Berry Mayall". UCL Press.