Beatrice Webb and Sidney Webb
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Women’s Issues, Education, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Economics, Social Science
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Labor, Unions, Work, Employment, Socialism, Socialists
- Curriculum: Women’s History, 20th & 21st Century European History, 19th Century European History, British History
Article abstract: The Webbs were leading figures in the Fabian Society and in the development of Labour Party policies. Founders of the London School of Economics and New Statesman, they also authored several important texts on trade unions, local government, and the Poor Laws.
Early Lives
Beatrice Potter was born January 22, 1858, in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, the eighth of nine daughters in an upper-middle-class family. Her father, Richard Potter, was a wealthy industrialist; her mother, Laurencina Heyworth Potter, was a highly intelligent...
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