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Martha Beatrice Webb, 1858-1943, social reformer

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Martha Beatrice Webb

 Place of birth: Gloucester, EnglandPlace of death: Liphook, Hampshire, England

 Life dates: 1858-1943Epithet: social reformer and historianFamily name: Webb

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Martha Beatrice Webb

 Place of birth: Gloucester, EnglandPlace of death: Liphook, Hampshire, England

Life dates: 1858-1943Epithet: social reformer and historianFamily name: Webb

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from: Beatrice Webb lettersBeatrice Webb (1858 - 1943). Fabian Socialist, social reformer, writer, historian, diarist. Wife, collaborator and assistant of Sidney Webb, later Lord Passfield. Together they contributed to the radical ideology first of the Liberal Party and later of the Labour Party. from: Beatrice Webb, A summer holiday in Scotland, 1884.Beatrice Webb (1858-1943), nee Potter, social reformer and diarist. Married to Sidney Webb, pioneers of social science. She was involved in many spheres of political and social activity including the Labour Party, Fabianism, social observation, investigations into poverty, development of socialism, the foundation of the National Health Service and post war welfare state, the London School of Economics, and the New Statesman.….read more…. from: Material on Local Government collated by Sidney and Beatrice WebbBeatrice and Sidney Webb pooled their respective talents into writing joint works on economic and social issues. They spent 25 years researching and writing their nine-volume English Local Government from the Reformation to the Municipal Corporations Act (Longmans and Co, 1906-1929, and produced other relevant works on the poor law and social relief. For a biographical history of Sidney and Beatrice Webb, see the description for the Passfield personal papers (Ref: Passfield).

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Martha Beatrice Webb

 Place of birth: Gloucester, EnglandPlace of death: Liphook, Hampshire, England

Life dates: 1858-1943Epithet: social reformer and historianFamily name: Webb

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from: Beatrice Webb lettersBeatrice Webb (1858 - 1943). Fabian Socialist, social reformer, writer, historian, diarist. Wife, collaborator and assistant of Sidney Webb, later Lord Passfield. Together they contributed to the radical ideology first of the Liberal Party and later of the Labour Party. from: Beatrice Webb, A summer holiday in Scotland, 1884.Beatrice Webb (1858-1943), nee Potter, social reformer and diarist. Married to Sidney Webb, pioneers of social science. She was involved in many spheres of political and social activity including the Labour Party, Fabianism, social observation, investigations into poverty, development of socialism, the foundation of the National Health Service and post war welfare state, the London School of

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Martha Beatrice Webb

 Place of birth: Gloucester, EnglandPlace of death: Liphook, Hampshire, England

Life dates: 1858-1943Epithet: social reformer and historianFamily name: Webb

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from: Beatrice Webb lettersBeatrice Webb (1858 - 1943). Fabian Socialist, social reformer, writer, historian, diarist. Wife, collaborator and assistant of Sidney Webb, later Lord Passfield. Together they contributed to the radical ideology first of the Liberal Party and later of the Labour Party. from: Beatrice Webb, A summer holiday in Scotland, 1884.Beatrice Webb (1858-1943), nee Potter, social reformer and diarist. Married to Sidney Webb, pioneers of social science. She was involved in many spheres of political and social activity including the Labour Party, Fabianism, social observation, investigations into poverty, development of socialism, the foundation of the National Health Service and post war welfare state, the London School of

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WorksOur PartnershipMy ApprenticeshipThe case for the factory actsBeatrice Webb’s diaries; edited by Margaret ColeThe Diary

Martha Beatrice Webb

 Place of birth: Gloucester, EnglandPlace of death: Liphook, Hampshire, England

Life dates: 1858-1943Epithet: social reformer and historianFamily name: Webb

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from: Beatrice Webb lettersBeatrice Webb (1858 - 1943). Fabian Socialist, social reformer, writer, historian, diarist. Wife, collaborator and assistant of Sidney Webb, later Lord Passfield. Together they contributed to the radical ideology first of the Liberal Party and later of the Labour Party. from: Beatrice Webb, A summer holiday in Scotland, 1884.Beatrice Webb (1858-1943), nee Potter, social reformer and diarist. Married to Sidney Webb, pioneers of social science. She was involved in many spheres of political and social activity including the Labour Party, Fabianism, social observation, investigations into poverty, development of socialism, the foundation of the National Health Service and post war welfare state, the London School of

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Martha Beatrice Webb

 Place of birth: Gloucester, EnglandPlace of death: Liphook, Hampshire, England

Life dates: 1858-1943Epithet: social reformer and historianFamily name: Webb

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from: Beatrice Webb lettersBeatrice Webb (1858 - 1943). Fabian Socialist, social reformer, writer, historian, diarist. Wife, collaborator and assistant of Sidney Webb, later Lord Passfield. Together they contributed to the radical ideology first of the Liberal Party and later of the Labour Party. from: Beatrice Webb, A summer holiday in Scotland, 1884.Beatrice Webb (1858-1943), nee Potter, social reformer and diarist. Married to Sidney Webb, pioneers of social science. She was involved in many spheres of political and social activity including the Labour Party, Fabianism, social observation, investigations into poverty, development of socialism, the foundation of the National Health Service and post war welfare state, the London School of

Biographical Notes

WorksOur PartnershipMy ApprenticeshipThe case for the factory actsBeatrice Webb’s diaries; edited by Margaret ColeThe Diary

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Martha Beatrice Webb

 Place of birth: Gloucester, EnglandPlace of death: Liphook, Hampshire, England

Life dates: 1858-1943Epithet: social reformer and historianFamily name: Webb

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from: Beatrice Webb lettersBeatrice Webb (1858 - 1943). Fabian Socialist, social reformer, writer, historian, diarist. Wife, collaborator and assistant of Sidney Webb, later Lord Passfield. Together they contributed to the radical ideology first of the Liberal Party and later of the Labour Party. from: Beatrice Webb, A summer holiday in Scotland, 1884.Beatrice Webb (1858-1943), nee Potter, social reformer and diarist. Married to Sidney Webb, pioneers of social science. She was involved in many spheres of political and social activity including the Labour Party, Fabianism, social observation, investigations into poverty, development of socialism, the foundation of the National Health Service and post war welfare state, the London School of

Biographical Notes

WorksOur PartnershipMy ApprenticeshipThe case for the factory actsBeatrice Webb’s diaries; edited by Margaret ColeThe Diary

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Data from: The Archives HubCreated by: Hub contributorsDate: 08/05/2012

Martha Beatrice Webb

 Place of birth: Gloucester, EnglandPlace of death: Liphook, Hampshire, England

Life dates: 1858-1943Epithet: social reformer and historianFamily name: Webb

Image

from: Beatrice Webb lettersBeatrice Webb (1858 - 1943). Fabian Socialist, social reformer, writer, historian, diarist. Wife, collaborator and assistant of Sidney Webb, later Lord Passfield. Together they contributed to the radical ideology first of the Liberal Party and later of the Labour Party. from: Beatrice Webb, A summer holiday in Scotland, 1884.Beatrice Webb (1858-1943), nee Potter, social reformer and diarist. Married to Sidney Webb, pioneers of social science. She was involved in many spheres of political and social activity including the Labour Party, Fabianism, social observation, investigations into poverty, development of socialism, the foundation of the National Health Service and post war welfare state, the London School of

Biographical Notes

WorksOur PartnershipMy ApprenticeshipThe case for the factory actsBeatrice Webb’s diaries; edited by Margaret ColeThe Diary

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