Eglantyne Jebb
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.
Eglantyne Jebb | |
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Jebb in 1920 | |
| Born | 25 August 1876 Ellesmere, Shropshire, England |
| Died | 17 December 1928 (aged 52) Geneva, Switzerland |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
| Known for | founder of Save the Children (1919), Declaration of the Rights of the Child (1924) |
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