Eglantyne Jebb
(1876-1928)

Died aged 52

Not to be mistaken for Eglantyne Mary Jebb (1889-1978)

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Eglantyne Jebb (25 August 1876 – 17 December 1928) was a British social reformer who founded the Save the Children organisation at the end of the First World War to relieve the effects of famine in Austria-Hungary and Germany. She drafted the document that became the Declaration of the Rights of the Child.

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Eglantyne Jebb 1876-1928 founder of Save The Children Fund taught in this building when it was St Peter's School

Marlborough Library, 91 High Street, Marlborough, United Kingdom where they was