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Beatrice Webb
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English sociologist, economist, socialist, and social reformer (1858–1943)
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Beatrice Webb (1858–1943) was a British economist, sociologist, politician, and historian. Born in Standish, Gloucestershire, she was a member of the Fabian Society and the Labour Party. Her spouse was Sidney Webb. She received the award of Fellow of the British Academy and is buried in Westminster Abbey.
Webb wrote in English and produced works including *The English poor law, will it endure*, *The relationship between co-operation and trade unionism*, *The history of trade unionism*, *Soviet communism*, and *The new crusade against destitution*. Her archives are held at the National Library of Wales. She died in Liphook.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1858
- Died
- 1943
- Works
- 21
Top works
- Obshchestva potrebiteleĭ v Velikobritanīi
- The history of trade unionism by Sidney and Beatrice Webb
- The English poor law, will it endure
- The relationship between co-operation and trade unionism
- The history of trade unionism
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1940-10-14
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Basic local alignment search tool
· 1990 · cited 80,856x
- Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems
· 2019 · cited 9,178x
- Two-Photon Laser Scanning Fluorescence Microscopy
· 1990 · cited 8,175x
- Circulating microRNAs as stable blood-based markers for cancer detection
· 2008 · cited 6,766x
- UniProt: the Universal Protein Knowledgebase in 2023
· 2022 · cited 6,764x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “Within a trade, in the absence of any Common Rule, competition between firms leads, as we have seen, to the adoption of practices by which the whole industry is deteriorated. The enforcement of a common minimum standard throughout the trade not only stops the degradation, but in every way conduces to industrial efficiency.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- Martha Beatrice Potter , ( 1858-01-22 ) 22 January 1858, Gloucestershire , England
- Died
- 30 April 1943 (1943-04-30) (aged 85), Liphook , Hampshire, England
- Occupations
- Sociologist, economist
- Spouse
- Sidney Webb ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1892 )
- Parent s
- Richard Potter , Laurencina Heyworth
- Family
- Catherine Courtney (sister), Sir Stafford Cripps (nephew), Barbara Drake (niece), Kitty Muggeridge (niece)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Martha Beatrice Webb, Baroness Passfield (née Potter; 22 January 1858 – 30 April 1943) was an English sociologist, economist, feminist and social reformer. She was among the founders of the London School of Economics and played a crucial role in forming the Fabian Society. Additionally, she authored several popular books, with her most notable being The Co-operative Movement in Great Britain and Industrial Democracy, co-authored by her husband Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield, where she coined the term "collective bargaining" as a way to discuss the negotiation process between an employer and a labor union. As a feminist and social reformer, she criticised the exclusion of women from various occupations as well as campaigning for the unionisation of female workers, pushing for legislation that allowed for better hours and conditions.
Early life
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