Hebe Spaull

Hebe Spaull (1893 - 1974) was a British journalist, educator, and activist known for her work promoting international understanding, particularly among young people, during the interwar period. She was a proponent of the League of Nations and dedicated her career to fostering a culture of peace through writing, lecturing, and involvement in various organizations.

Career and activism Spaull was born in 1893 in London.

In 1929 she partnered with Simon Sherman to write "The United World". Sherman worked for the League of Nations and it has been described as the first attempt to describe teaching in schools in different countries. The foreword was written by George Peabody Gooch. Two years later she wrote a history of the League of Nations.

In 1949 her friend Edith Bone was arrested as a spy in Hungary. Bone was a communist and she was held for seven years without a trial. Spaull was one of the few people who campaigned for her release of imprisonment. Spaull sent frequent enquiries to the British embassy in Budapest.

In 1958 she wrote an article for UNESCO titled "A Smoother way for Britain's coloured immigrants". It was about the issues arising from the number of non-white immigrants arriving in London.

She wrote about the international support for the co-operative movement in the 1960s. Spaull died in 1974 in London.

Selected works She covered the works of organisations like the International Labour Organization.

Books

Peeps at the League of Nations, 1928

Pioneering for Peace, 1931

This is Morocco, 1953 The Cooperative Movement in the World Today (London 1965 ) .

Peeps at Many Lands, The Baltic States. A&C Black, LTD.London 1931