Thompson, Laurence. The Enthusiasts. Victor Gollancz Limited, 1971.
71
Fabian Society
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Characters | Mary Augusta Ward | This novel traces the growth of the radical young Fabian
Marcella (Venturist as she is called in the novel) who, as she says, was not brought up at all; I have had to make... |
| 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... |
| Cultural formation | Annie Besant | |
| Education | Nina Bawden | Later she went to Ilford County High School. In retrospect, she saw herself as lucky to have attended this school: A lot of our teachers were the childless spinsters of the First World War; women... |
| Employer | Katharine Bruce Glasier | Katharine Conway, later KBG
, made her debut as a lecturer for the Fabian Society
at Nelson in Lancashire. |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Amber Reeves | AR
's time at the |
| Family and Intimate relationships | E. Nesbit | EN
bore her second son and third child, who was named Fabian after the recently founded Fabian Society
; he remained the youngest of her own children. Briggs, Julia. A Woman of Passion: The Life of E. Nesbit, 1858-1924. Hutchinson, 1987. 62 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Isabella Ormston Ford | IOF
's cousins Elizabeth Pease Nichol
and Katharine Blackhouse
were among the leaders of the Ladies' National Association
when it campaigned on the national stage for the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts. Another cousin,... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | E. Nesbit | In 1886, the year of EN
's first stillbirth, her close friend Alice Hoatson
became her husband's mistress. Alice then moved in with the Blands: ostensibly to help look after their children, since she was... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | E. Nesbit | EN
conducted a flirtation and probably a brief affair with Shaw
, whom she met at the Fabian Society
around 1885. In his words she became passionately attached to him, though it appears he had... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Anna Wickham | AW
's father, Geoffrey Harper
, came from a long line of tenant farmers and musicians in Shropshire. His own father, Edwin Harper
(AW
's grandfather), was a gifted musician and organist at... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Amber Reeves | AR
and the young Fabian
lawyer George Rivers Blanco White
were married; she accepted his proposal because she was pregnant by H. G. Wells
. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. Briggs, Julia. A Woman of Passion: The Life of E. Nesbit, 1858-1924. Hutchinson, 1987. 314 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Amber Reeves | AR
's mother, named Magdalen but known as Maud Pember Reeves
, was born in Australia. In New Zealand she had been women's editor on a newspaper (edited by her husband), been a strong advocate... |
| Friends, Associates | Annie Besant | Soon after AB
met George Bernard Shaw
, possibly as early as 1884, they became close friends, sharing a bond in their activities with the Fabian Society
. Shaw later claimed that some romantic intrigue... |
| Friends, Associates | Githa Sowerby | There seems, nonetheless, to have been some social benefit in this, since her father's friends included members of the Fabian Society
. Riley, Patricia. Looking for Githa. New Writing North, 2009. 32 |
Timeline
January 1884: The Fabian Society was founded in London...
National or international item
January 1884
The Fabian Society
was founded in London to publicize socialist ideas and investigate the application of socialist principles to British conditions.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
309
Trager, James. The Women’s Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record, from Prehistory to the Present. Henry Holt, 1994.
323
Alexander, Sally, editor. Women’s Fabian Tracts. Routledge, 1988, http://U of A HSS HX 546 W925 1988.
1-3
September 1886: A famous meeting of the Fabian Society resolved...
National or international item
September 1886
A famous meeting of the Fabian Society
resolved that it was desirable for socialists to form a politial party; this was the first germ of the Labour Party
.
Briggs, Julia. A Woman of Passion: The Life of E. Nesbit, 1858-1924. Hutchinson, 1987.
137
October 1886: Freedom, a popular anarchist newspaper, was...
National or international item
October 1886
Freedom, a popular anarchist newspaper, was founded in London by Charlotte M. Wilson
and Peter Kropotkin
.
Harrison, Royden et al. The Warwick Guide to British Labour Periodicals, 1790-1970: A Check List. Harvester Press, 1977.
181
Quail, John. The Slow Burning Fuse: The Lost History of the British Anarchists. Granada, 1978.
56
26 May 1905: The Fabian Society set up a committee under...
Building item
26 May 1905
The Fabian Society
set up a committee under Sidney Webb
to investigate the declining birth rate and the level of infant mortality.
McLaren, Angus. Birth Control in Nineteenth Century England. Croom Helm, 1978.
188
Pfeffer, Naomi. The Stork and the Syringe: A Political History of Reproductive Medicine. Polity Press, 1993.
5
October 1908: Edith Morley won a battle in her ongoing...
Building item
October 1908
Edith Morley
won a battle in her ongoing struggle against gender discrimination when she became the first female professor at any British university or college.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Morley, Edith. Before and After: Reminiscences of a Working Life. Editor Morris, Barbara, Two Rivers Press, 2016.
Purvis, June. “Before and After: Reminiscences on a Working Life, by Edith Morley”. Times Higher Education, 3 Mar. 2016.
16 December 1911: The National Insurance Act received Royal...
National or international item
16 December 1911
The National Insurance Act received Royal Assent; it introduced maternity benefits (payable to husbands) and covered manual workers from sixteen to seventy employed in certain industries subject to recurrent unemployment.
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History 1714-1987. 2nd ed., Longman, 1988.
25, 125
Pugh, Martin. Women and the Women’s Movement in Britain 1914 - 1959. Macmillan Education, 1992.
16
Law Reports: Statutes. Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1866–2024.
(1911): 337-55
November 1981: Shirley Williams (daughter of Vera Brittain)...
Women writers item
November 1981
Shirley Williams
(daughter of Vera Brittain
) became the first member of the Gang of Four, leaders of the newly-founded Social Democratic Party
, to win a seat in Parliament
: for Crosby, Lancashire.
Brakeman, Lynne, and Susan Gall, editors. Chronology of Women Worldwide: People, Places and Events that Shaped Women’s History. Gale Research, 1997.
363
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.
“Baroness Williams of Crosby (Shirley Williams)”. Liberal Democrats: People.
Texts
Brophy, Brigid. Religious Education in State Schools. Fabian Society, 1967.
Webb, Beatrice. The Wages of Men and Women: Should They be Equal?. Fabian Society, 1919.
Webb, Beatrice. Women and the Factory Acts. Fabian Society, 1896.