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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 |
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 , Aug. 2000, pp. 131-49. 140 |
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... |
Friends, Associates | Dorothy Richardson | It was H. G. Wells who introduced her to the Fabian Society
, Fromm, Gloria G. Dorothy Richardson: A Biography. University of Illinois Press, 1977. 38 |
Health | Emma Frances Brooke | EFB
was forced to resign from the executive of the Fabian Society
as a result of a serious illness. Daniels, Kay. “Emma Brooke: Fabian, feminist and writer”. Women’s History Review, Vol. 12 , No. 2, 2003, pp. 153-68. 157 |
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... |
Literary Setting | Dorothy Richardson | 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
. |
Material Conditions of Writing | Constance Lytton | 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... |
Occupation | Edith J. Simcox | 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... |
Occupation | Katharine Bruce Glasier | 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... |
politics | Vernon Lee | VL
attended (as an observer rather than a supporter) meetings of the Fabian Society
, the Social Democratic Federation
, and the Fellowship of the New Life
. Beckman, Linda Hunt. Amy Levy: Her Life and Letters. Ohio University Press, 2000. 131 |
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
). Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. Taylor, Anne, 1932 -. Annie Besant: A Biography. Oxford University Press, 1992. 174-5, 177-8 |
politics | Dora Marsden | Following her split with the WSPU
, DM
considered joining the Women's Freedom League
or the Fabian Society
, but instead began to plan for a radical feminist journal that would stimulate discussion of diverse... |
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, 1932 -. Annie Besant: A Biography. Oxford University Press, 1992. 255-6 |
politics | Naomi Mitchison | Believing socialism to be women's best political hope, NM
travelled with a Fabian Society
expedition to Russia. Calder, Jenni. The Nine Lives of Naomi Mitchison. Virago, 1997. 111 Benton, Jill. Naomi Mitchison: A Biography. Pandora, 1992. 84 |
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