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Beatrice Webb

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Noun1.Beatrice Webb - English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943)


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He came out of the army with a new passion for social research, fired by books by Charles Booth and Beatrice Webb.
One hundred years ago, a formidable social researcher called Beatrice Webb (who later, with her husband, Sidney, founded the London School of Economics and the New Statesman magazine) led a review of Britain's poor laws which resulted in a report that many claim sowed the seeds of what became our welfare state.
One writer friend of many years said: "Get her talking about the environment, or the proposed introduction of ID cards, and you find she has the passion and political intelligence of a social reformer like Beatrice Webb.
 
 
 
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