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Connections Sort ascending | Author name | Excerpt |
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Friends, Associates | Katharine Bruce Glasier | Her involvement in socialist circles led her to acquaintance with Sidney
and Beatrice Webb
, Edward Hulton
(editor of the Sunday Chronicle), and Robert Blatchford
, for whom she wrote several articles. Thompson, Laurence. The Enthusiasts. Victor Gollancz Limited. 71 |
Family and Intimate relationships | Beatrice Webb | Sidney Webb
, husband of Beatrice
, suffered a stroke which left him unable to write, though he continued to read. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
Family and Intimate relationships | Beatrice Webb | Beatrice Potter
first met Sidney Webb
at the house of her second cousin Margaret Harkness
, who had recommended him as an expert in labour history. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
Family and Intimate relationships | Beatrice Webb | Beatrice Potter
married Sidney Webb
, Fabian socialist and civil servant, and, later, London County Councillor and Labour MP. Radice, Lisanne. Beatrice and Sidney Webb: Fabian Socialists. St Martin’s Press. 85 |
Education | Emma Frances Brooke | The school, which was founded this year by Beatrice
and Sidney Webb
, Graham Wallas
, and George Bernard Shaw
, focused on the study of inequalities and poverty issues with the aim of improving... |
Cultural formation | Beatrice Webb | BW
's husband
was elevated to a peerage—for the reason that the Labour
government urgently needed a Secretary of State in the House of Lords. Beatrice refused to be known by the title of Lady. Caine, Barbara. Destined to Be Wives: The Sisters of Beatrice Webb. Clarendon. 183-4 Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
Cultural formation | Amber Reeves | Born a New Zealander, she clearly regarded herself later in life as English. Her parents were highly educated professionals. Her mother was a suffragist, and both parents became members of the Fabian Society
(founded three... |
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