Emily Rose Bleby

Emily Rose Bleby (2 June 1849 – 3 May 1917) was a Jamaican-born social reformer active in the British temperance movement. She was affiliated with various organizations including the British Women's Temperance Association, Sons of Temperance, Independent Order of Good Templars, Band of Hope Union, and the World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WWCTU). Using pen names, she was a frequest contributor to periodicals on temperance and general subjects.

Early life and education Emily Rose Bleby was born 2 June 1849, in the Colony of Jamaica, British West Indies. Her mother was Sarah Bassillia (Quarrell) Bleby (1817–?). Three of Emily's brothers became missionaries, John, Richard, and William; other siblings included Henry, Edward, and Alicia.

Bleby was educated chiefly in London, England. and appointed for Cardiff. Bleby became a member of the Sons of Temperance, the Independent Order of Good Templars, and the Band of Hope Union. She was made a member of the national executive committee of the British Women’s Temperance Association in 1895, and in 1897, superintendent of the World’s Missionary Department of the same organization. In 1903, she was appointed superintendent of missions for the WWCTU.

Later life In 1912, Bleby began to suffer from Paralysis agitans, and left London for Penarth, where she continued to be active for the good of those about her until failing health precluded her from doing so.

Emily Rose Bleby never married. She died at Penarth, Wales, on 3 May 1917.