Eglantyne Louisa Jebb was a social reformer. Born in Killiney

Killiney

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, Ireland

Ireland

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, she married her cousin

Cousin marriage

Cousin marriage is marriage between two cousins. In various jurisdictions and cultures, such marriages range from being considered ideal and actively encouraged, to being uncommon but still legal, to being seen as incest and legally prohibited....

 Arthur Trevor Jebb (1839-1894), a barrister

Barrister

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 and landowner from Ellesmere, Shropshire

Ellesmere, Shropshire

Ellesmere is a small market town near Oswestry in north Shropshire, England, notable for its proximity to a number of prominent lakes, the Meres.-History:...

. Her brother was the classicist Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb

Richard Claverhouse Jebb

Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb, OM, FBA was a British classical scholar and politician.He was born in Dundee, Scotland. His father was a well-known barrister, and his grandfather a judge...

. A keen supporter of the arts and crafts movement

Arts and Crafts movement

Arts and Crafts was an international design philosophy that originated in England and flourished between 1860 and 1910 , continuing its influence until the 1930s...

, in 1884 she founded the Home Arts and Industries Association

Home Arts and Industries Association

The Home Arts and Industries Association was an organisation that functioned as a precursor to the Art Workers Guild in the development of the Arts and Crafts Movement in Britain. It was founded in 1884 by Eglantyne Louisa Jebb who was inspired by an initiative of Charles Godfrey Leland in...

 as a way of reviving country crafts and overcoming rural poverty.

Two of her daughters, Eglantyne Jebb

Eglantyne Jebb

Eglantyne Jebb was a British social reformer.- Early life :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...

 and Dorothy Buxton

Dorothy Buxton

Dorothy Frances Buxton, née Jebb was an English humanitarian, social activist and commentator on Germany.-Life:...

, founded the Save the Children Fund

Save the Children

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, and Eglantyne Jebb also wrote the Declaration of the Rights of the Child

Declaration of the Rights of the Child

The Declaration of the Rights of the Child is the name given to a series of related children's rights proclamations drafted by Save the Children founder Eglantyne Jebb in 1923....

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