Caine, Barbara. Destined to Be Wives: The Sisters of Beatrice Webb. Clarendon, 1986.
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Sidney Webb
Standard Name: Webb, Sidney
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Cultural formation | Beatrice Webb | BW
's husband
was elevated to a peerage—for the reason that the Labour
government urgently needed a Secretary of State in the House of Lords. Beatrice refused to be known by the title of Lady. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| 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... |
| Education | Emma Frances Brooke | The school, which was founded this year by Beatrice
and Sidney Webb
, Graham Wallas
, and George Bernard Shaw
, focused on the study of inequalities and poverty issues with the aim of improving... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Beatrice Webb | Sidney Webb
, husband of Beatrice
, suffered a stroke which left him unable to write, though he continued to read. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Beatrice Webb | Beatrice Potter
first met Sidney Webb
at the house of her second cousin Margaret Harkness
, who had recommended him as an expert in labour history. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Beatrice Webb | Beatrice Potter
married Sidney Webb
, Fabian socialist and civil servant, and, later, London County Councillor and Labour MP. Radice, Lisanne. Beatrice and Sidney Webb: Fabian Socialists. St Martin’s Press, 1984. 85 |
| Friends, Associates | Mary Agnes Hamilton | MAH
knew and worked closely with the Labour leader Ramsay MacDonald
, though her early intense admiration for him diminished with time. Up to the year after publishing her book on him (which was also... |
| Friends, Associates | Anna Kingsford | While lecturing at the Zetetical Society
, AK
may have met Bernard Shaw
and Sidney Webb
. Pert, Alan. Red Cactus: The Life of Anna Kingsford. Books and Writers, 2006. 91 |
| Friends, Associates | E. Nesbit | Through her political interests she got to know George Bernard Shaw
(with whom she had a brief affair but a succeeding steady friendship), Sidney Webb
, Sydney Olivier
, Annie Besant
, Eleanor Marx
,... |
| Friends, Associates | Emma Frances Brooke | 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 |
| Friends, Associates | Julia Strachey | Shortly after the wedding, Julia became the charge of Alys Russell
, a suffrage and temperance activist who was also the aunt of Ray (Costelloe) Strachey
, sister of writer Logan Pearsall Smith
and Mary Berenson |
| Friends, Associates | Dora Russell | Sylvia Pankhurst
enrolled her son as a day-boy at Beacon Hill, and lived nearby while writing The Suffragette Movement; Beatrice
and Sidney Webb
, and G. B. Shaw
also visited. The school hosted annual... |
| Friends, Associates | Amabel Williams-Ellis | Her political activities kept AWE
at the centre of London's socially-conscious literary circles. Guests at The Well of Loneliness tea-party included Virginia Woolf
, Rose Macaulay
, Vita Sackville-West
, G. B. Shaw
, and... |
| Friends, Associates | Amber Reeves | AR
's parents' circle of friends quickly grew to include most of the Fabians: Beatrice
and Sidney Webb
, Edith Nesbit
and her husband Hubert Bland
, George Bernard Shaw
and H. G. Wells
. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. under William Pember Reeves |
| Friends, Associates | Katharine Bruce Glasier | Her involvement in socialist circles led her to acquaintance with Sidney
and Beatrice Webb
, Edward Hulton
(editor of the Sunday Chronicle), and Robert Blatchford
, for whom she wrote several articles. Thompson, Laurence. The Enthusiasts. Victor Gollancz Limited, 1971. 71 |
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.
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26 June to 5 July 1899: The International Council of Women sponsored...
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26 June to 5 July 1899
The International Council of Women sponsored the International Congress of Women
, a ten-day conference held at Westminster Town Hall in London. Those attending included Susan B. Anthony
, Sidney Webb
, Josephine Butler
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
1928: Members of the British Federation of University...
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1928
Members of the British Federation of University Women (later known as the British Federation of Women Graduates
) established the Sybil Campbell Libraryfor the study of the expansion of the role of women in...
Late July 1931: In Britain the confusingly-named May committee...
National or international item
Late July 1931
In Britain the confusingly-named May committee responded to escalation both in the international financial crisis and mass unemployment at home, by advising draconian cuts in government expenditure.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Ramsay Macdonald
Texts
Webb, Sidney, and Beatrice Webb. A Constitution for the Socialist Commonwealth of Great Britain. Longmans, Green, 1920.
Webb, Sidney, and Beatrice Webb. English Local Government from the Revolution to the Municipal Corporations Act. Longmans, Green, 1929, 9 vols.
Webb, Sidney, and Beatrice Webb. Industrial Democracy. Longmans, Green, 1897, 2 vols.
Webb, Sidney, and Beatrice Webb. Methods of Social Study. Longmans, Green, 1932.
Webb, Sidney, and Beatrice Webb. Soviet Communism: A New Civilization?. Longmans, Green, 1935, 2 vols.
Webb, Sidney, and Beatrice Webb. The History of Trade Unionism. Longmans, Green, 1894.
Webb, Beatrice, and Sidney Webb. Visit to New Zealand in 1898. Price Milburn, 1959.