Geraldine Emma May Jebb

Geraldine Emma May Jebb^[1] CBE (1886 - 28 December 1959), known as Gem Jebb, was the daughter of Heneage Horsley Jebb and Geraldine Croker Russell.^[2] She was the Principal of Bedford College, University of London, from 1930–1951, the first higher education women's college in the United Kingdom.^[3] She was unmarried.^[3]

Education[]

Jebb was educated at Newnham College, Cambridge taking the Economics Tripos^[3] although women were not awarded degrees at Cambridge until 1948.

Career[]

Jebb worked in the Civil Service from 1913–1917 in the Department of the Ministry of Labour.

Academia[]

Jebb then became Director of Studies and Lecturer on Economics at Newnham from 1917–1919 and from 1919–29 a Lecturer on Economics at Armstrong College, now Newcastle University but then part of the University of Durham.

In 1930 she was appointed Principal of Bedford College and retired in 1951. During this period, Jebb represented the college on the Management Committee for the Florence Nightingale Foundation (FNF), a charity organisation that provides scholarships to health professionals in the UK.^[4]

She was appointed CBE in 1951.

Relations[]

Jebb's sister, (1889–1978), was Principal of the Froebel Educational Institute (now Froebel College, Roehampton University), Roehampton, London (1932–55).^{[citation needed]}

Her cousin, Eglantyne Jebb (1876–1928), founded the charity Save the Children.^[1]

References[]

External links[]

• List of Principals of Royal Holloway, University of London
• The Woman Who Saved the Children: A Biography of Eglantyne Jebb with family tree of the Jebb family