Poole was born Susan Olivia Davis April 18, She was part Ojibway — or Chippeway — and as a child she became familiar with tribal customs, practices and activities.
One of the practices she became familiar with was the way that women would strap their babies to cradle boards. While working in the fields, Poole observed, mothers would often hang their papooses on a tree branch from long, sturdy, leather straps and give the branch a slight tug to produce a soft bouncing motion.
The babies enjoyed this very much; often it soothed them and helped curb fussing and crying. Here there is also some ironing out of the terminology behind jumper, which has little to do with the English verb, jump , and may have originated from the French juppe , a petticoat, a word derived from the Arabic word jubba , meaning a loose outer garment.
Phew, that felt like a bit of a jump down a rabbit's hole, didn't it? So, how did the sporty jumper evolve into the fashion forward little numbers that models in the '60s, such as Lesley Lawson better known as Twiggy , made popular?
Well, as it turns out, much of the jumper's success comes from its wide variety of cuts, and functionality. The jumper has presented itself in a myriad of shapes, including jumper shorts, jumper suits, and jumper dresses with differing hemlines, necklines, and degrees of pleating. The pinafore style has been recognizable for decades as a common school uniform for adolescent girls.
The knee length dresses provide maneuverability, and their classic blouse-inclusive design provides a level of coverage that many parents find comforting. But what about grown women? So Poole made up her own version of the contraption using a cloth diaper, axe handle and steel spring.
Thirty-two years later, Poole and her family uprooted to Vancouver. By this time, Poole had given birth to all seven of her children and had become a grandmother, and continued to use the jumper with her grandchildren, according to the Jolly Jumper website. There are now over items being manufactured under the Jolly Jumper name, including baby accessories, potty trainers, toys, car seats and more, and is sold in retailers across North America and online.
World Canada Local. How one Canadian woman changed the parenting game with this baby invention. There, she was inspired by the traditional practice of using a bouncing cradleboard to soothe babies. In , she patented her invention of the baby jumper, under the name Jolly Jumper, making her one of the first Indigenous women in Canada to patent and profit from an invention. She spent her childhood on White Earth Reservation in Minnesota.
Olivia was a talented pianist and went on to study music at Brandon College in Manitoba. While in Manitoba, she met Delbert Poole and the two were married in They had seven children together, first moving to Ontario before settling in Vancouver in Cradleboards allowed mothers and caregivers greater freedom to work or perform their daily routine while their baby was safely secured on the board.
Some mothers suspended cradleboards from a sturdy tree branch or structure to act as a hammock or swing, providing the baby with amusement. Poole witnessed mothers pulling on the ropes or leather straps suspending the cradleboard to bounce the baby up and down. This allowed mothers to work uninterrupted while the babies entertained themselves with the bouncing motion.
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