Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Fabian Society
Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| 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... |
| politics | Annie Besant | AB
, now a socialist, became executive secretary of Fabian Society
(which she had joined that year, nominated for election to membership by George Bernard Shaw
and Sidney Webb
). Taylor, Anne. Annie Besant: A Biography. Oxford University Press. 174-5, 177-8 |
| politics | Annie Besant | Increasingly occupied with Theosophy, AB
resigned from the Fabian Society
, having resigned from the National Secular Society
in February 1890. Taylor, Anne. Annie Besant: A Biography. Oxford University Press. 255-6 |
| Cultural formation | Annie Besant | |
| 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... |
| politics | Annie Besant | Five years later, AB
was lecturing in Ireland as part of the Fabian Society
's campaign, centred in Lancashire, to encourage the establishment of provincial branches. Taylor, Anne. Annie Besant: A Biography. Oxford University Press. 254 |
| Friends, Associates | L. S. Bevington | LSB
was a friend of many notable anarchist journalists, including Charlotte Wilson Senaha, Eijun. “A Life of Louisa Sarah Bevington”. The Hokkaido University Annual Report on Cultural Sciences, Vol. 101 , pp. 131-49. 140 |
| politics | Clementina Black | In London she met Fabian and Marxist socialists. She was a good friend of Eleanor Marx
for some time, though their friendship later waned. Garnett, Richard. Constance Garnett: A Heroic Life. Sinclair-Stevenson. 40 |
| politics | Clementina Black | Several critics have linked CB
's efforts with the League to the match-girls' strike of July 1888 led by Annie Besant
. Critic Olive Banks
suggests that a speech by CB
to the Fabian Society |
| Friends, Associates | Muriel Box | During her time in Welwyn, MB
became a friend of Flora Robson
, for whom celebrity still lay far in the future. She also had a fascinating and instructive meeting with Shaw
when she and... |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Emma Frances Brooke | EFB
later retracted her position on the state support of motherhood. When H. G. Wells
delivered a lecture to a Fabian
audience in October 1906 on Socialism and the Middle Classes which discussed his ideas... |
| Textual Production | Emma Frances Brooke | EFB
also published for the Fabian SocietyA Summary of Six Papers and Discussions upon the Disabilities of Women as Workers, 1909. 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. |
| Reception | Emma Frances Brooke | After her death, EFB
's writings were largely forgotten, but interest in the topic of the New Woman novelist has revived inquiry into her work. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| politics | Emma Frances Brooke | EFB
became a member of the Fabian Society
at its inception. Edwards, Joseph, editor. The First Labour Annual 1895: A Year Book of Industrial Progress and Social Welfare. No. 1, The Harvester Press. 163 Sage, Lorna, editor. The Cambridge Guide to Women’s Writing in English. Cambridge University Press. 91 Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. Pease, Edward. The History of the Fabian Society. E. P. Dutton & Company. |
| politics | Emma Frances Brooke | EFB
was elected to the executive of the Fabian Society
as one of its only two women representatives. She had been defeated for this position the previous year. Edwards, Joseph, editor. The First Labour Annual 1895: A Year Book of Industrial Progress and Social Welfare. No. 1, The Harvester Press. 163 Daniels, Kay. “Emma Brooke: Fabian, feminist and writer”. Women’s History Review, Vol. 12 , No. 2, pp. 153-68. 157 |
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.
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
.
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
.
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.
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/.
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.
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.
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.