Louisa Jebb Wilkins

Born Louisa Jebb in 1873, she was a British writer, traveler, and agricultural administrator who later became known as Louisa Wilkins. She wrote By Desert Ways to Baghdad, a lively early-20th-century travel book drawn from her journey through what is now Turkey, Iraq, and Syria.

Wilkins came from the notable Jebb family and went on to play an important part in agricultural policy and organization in Britain. She is remembered not only as an author but also for her work connected with the creation and recruitment of the Women's Land Army during the First World War.

Her writing combines firsthand travel experience with an eye for place, movement, and everyday detail. That mix of adventure and practical intelligence gives her work an appeal beyond its period setting.