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Webb, Beatrice (1858–1943) and Sidney (1859–1947) By Atkinson, Kate

DOI: 10.4324/9781135000356-REM1378-1
Published: 02/05/2017
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Beatrice and Sidney Webb were leading intellectual advocates of socialist reform in England. Beatrice Webb (née Potter) was born into a wealthy family, but her early experience as a researcher studying poverty in London with Charles Booth (1840–1916) confirmed her commitment to sociology and socialist values. Sidney Webb was from a lower middle-class family and entered civil service as a progressive member of the London County Council just before the two married in 1892.

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Atkinson, Kate. Webb, Beatrice (1858–1943) and Sidney (1859–1947). Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism, Taylor and Francis, https://www.rem.routledge.com/articles/webb-beatrice-1858-1943-and-sidney-1859-1947.

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