Nord, Deborah Epstein. The Apprenticeship of Beatrice Webb. University of Massachusetts Press, 1985.
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Octavia Hill
Standard Name: Hill, Octavia
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Occupation | Beatrice Webb | Beatrice Potter (later BW
) became manager and rent-collector of a slum block, Katherine Buildings in Aldgate, East London, which was part of Octavia Hill
's charitable housing scheme. |
| Occupation | Harriet Shaw Weaver | HSW
volunteered with the Holiday Fund
, founded by Canon Barnett
to send ailing slum children away for recuperative vacations. Barnett was a disciple of Octavia Hill
and a founding spirit in the Charity Organization Society |
| Occupation | Susan Tweedsmuir | ST
began her career (her own term) in welfare work under the ægis of Mrs. Humphry Ward
. Tweedsmuir, Susan. The Lilac and the Rose. G. Duckworth, 1952. 87 |
| politics | Maria Grey | MG
joined the Charity Organization Society
(founded the previous year); she served on its council with Octavia Hill
. Ellsworth, Edward W. Liberators of the Female Mind: The Shirreff Sisters, Educational Reform, and the Women’s Movement. Greenwood, 1979. 23, 102 |
| Residence | Margaret Harkness | MH
moved to London's East End in the early 1880s. For a while she lived in Katherine Buildings, one of reformer Octavia Hill
's charitable housing ventures, where Beatrice Potter worked as a rent... |
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