Fabian Society

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Connections Author name Excerpt
politics Katharine Bruce Glasier
Katharine Conway, who would later become KBG , embarked on her first lecture tour as a propagandist for the socialist ideals of the Fabian Society .
Thompson, Laurence. The Enthusiasts. Victor Gollancz Limited, 1971.
72
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, 1971.
163
Sage, Lorna, editor. The Cambridge Guide to Women’s Writing in English. Cambridge University Press, 1999.
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. 2004th ed., E. P. Dutton & Company, 1916.
politics Virginia Woolf
VW 's feminist and socialist views went along with firm opposition to the war, and to the militaristic political structures that had produced the war, which is evident in many of her writings. Leonard was...
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, 1971.
163
Daniels, Kay. “Emma Brooke: Fabian, feminist and writer”. Women’s History Review, Vol.
12
, No. 2, 2003, pp. 153-68.
157
politics Katharine Bruce Glasier
Soon after her conversion to socialism in November 1890, Katharine Conway, afterwards KBG , became involved with several socialist organizations. She joined the Bristol Socialist Society and the Clifton and Bristol branches of the Fabian Society
politics Beatrice Webb
Beatrice Potter (later BW ) joined the Fabian Society at the urging of Sidney Webb : between them they were to dominate the society for a generation to come.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Nord, Deborah Epstein. The Apprenticeship of Beatrice Webb. University of Massachusetts Press, 1985.
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politics Dorothy Richardson
With varying degrees of commitment (usually minor), Richardson immersed herself in various philosophical movements of the period. She did much of her reading at the British Museum 's Reading Room, which she revered, but elsewhere...
politics Katharine Bruce Glasier
In addition to her membership of the Women's Labour League, KBG supported educational reform, women's and children's rights, and poor-law reform.
Kelly, Gary, and Edd Applegate, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 190. Gale Research, 1998.
190:122, 124
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
In July 1913 she attended the Fabian Society summer conference, which...
politics Beatrice Webb
BW and her husband, Sidney Webb , founded the London School of Economics, to advance socialism and the objects of the Fabian Society .
Harte, Negley. The University of London 1836-1986. Athlone, 1986.
212-13
Thompson, Francis Michael Longstreth, editor. The University of London and the World of Learning 1836-1986. Hambledon Press, 1990.
xx
politics May Kendall
Most of her work can be read as reflecting advocacy for the working classes rather than specifically feminist ideals.
Birch, Catherine Elizabeth. Evolutionary Feminism in Late-Victorian Women’s Poetry: Mathilde Blind, Constance Naden and May Kendall. University of Birmingham, Apr. 2011.
61
But though her focus remains on the legal and political rights of workers, there is...
politics Emma Frances Brooke
As a testament to her popularity, she was then re-elected for the following three consecutive years. Nevertheless, there is evidence that she showed some dissatisfaction with the direction that the Fabian Society was taking, particularly...
politics Beatrice Webb
BW and her husband founded the leftist journal the New Statesman, under the auspices of the Fabian Society ; this month Clifford Sharp became editor, which he remained until 1930. The first number appeared...
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...

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