Eglantyne Jebb

Eglantyne Jebb

Eglantyne Jebb, (25 August 1876 – 17 December 1928) was a British social reformer and founder of the Save the Children organization.She was born in 1876 in Ellesmere, Shropshire, and grew up on her family's estate. The Jebbs were a well-off family and had a strong social conscience and commitment to public service. Her mother, Eglantyne Louisa Jebb, had founded the Home Arts and Industries Association, to promote Arts and Crafts among young people in rural areas; her sister Louisa would help found the Women's Land Army in World War I. Another sister, Dorothy Frances Jebb, who married the Labour MP Charles Roden Buxton, campaigned against the demonisation of the German people after the war. She also served a faculty member at Wellesley College in 1929, teaching courses in English literature. Wikipedia

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