Berry Mayall (c. 1936–2021) was a British academic and sociologist.

Berry Mayall
Bornc. 1936
Died25 October 2021
EducationNewnham College, Cambridge
Occupation(s)Academic, sociologist
Known forChildhood 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]

She died of cancer on 25 October 2021, aged 85.[1][2]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Penn, Helen (27 December 2021). "Berry Mayall obituary". The Guardian.
  2. ^ a b Morrow, Virginia (17 December 2021). "In Memoriam Berry Mayall". Childhood. 28 (4): 09075682211066391. doi:10.1177/09075682211066391. ISSN 0907-5682. S2CID 245321573.
  3. ^ Leys, Nick (13 July 1999). "Children 'pushed aside'". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 7.
  4. ^ "A Tribute to Professor Berry Mayall". UCL Press.