Fabian Society

EFB 's involvement with the socialist and feminist movements of the day brought her into close contact with several notable activists and revolutionaries. Through the Fabian Society , she interacted with Beatrice and Sidney Webb

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...

There seems, nonetheless, to have been some social benefit in this, since her father's friends included members of the Fabian Society .

LSB was a friend of many notable anarchist journalists, including Charlotte Wilson (a leading member of the Fabians and co-founder of the anarchist journal Freedom), Helen and Olivia Rossetti (editors of another anarchist...

EFB was forced to resign from the executive of the Fabian Society as a result of a serious illness.

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...

The action takes place in Edwardian London, a world of Fabian socialism and suffragettes, and the novel was shaped by Richardson's early years in London and her relationship with Benjamin Grad .

After the Home Secretary assured the Fabian Society through the columns of the Times that CL had been released from prison because of her delicate health, not her class, replies appeared both from her and...

EJS was also an active lecturer. She addressed a number of groups including the Democratic Club , the Free Thinkers of Walworth , and the Hatcham Liberals . Her support for women's suffrage included delivering...

When her teaching days were nearly over, Conway began to use her formidable public speaking talents in the service of her burgeoning socialism. Through her affiliation with the Fabian Society , she was hired as...

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

EN and her husband were early members of the Fabian Society . They hoped to see radical change in society, though Hubert Bland was also capable of cynicism and of making fun of his fellow...

Both CG and her husband were members of the Fabian Society and she briefly served on its Executive Committee. Their political views were moderately socialist, but CG later became more conservative with age.

Tom Garrs introduced MG to Socialist politics. This was a time, she wrote later, when in a place the size of Leeds the labour movement was deeply aware but not yet moving, much less on...

GBS was a prominent intellectual, social critic, and public speaker. From the mid-1880s he was a dominant force in the socialist Fabian Society , a champion of the Labour Party , and a vocal supporter...