English sociologist and economist (born 1858)

Beatrice Webb

Martha Beatrice Webb, Baroness Passfield 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.

Born

1858

January 22

Died

1943

Era

1850s

Country

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Beatrice, in brief

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1858 Born
1943 Died

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613 Eight-month-old Heraclius Constantine is crowned as co-emperor (Caesar) by his father Heraclius at Constantinople.
871 Battle of Basing: The West Saxons led by King Æthelred I are defeated by the Danelaw Vikings at Basing.
1506 The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrives at the Vatican.
1517 The Ottoman Empire under Selim I defeats the Mamluk Sultanate and captures present-day Egypt at the Battle of Ridaniya.

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The world in 1943

When Beatrice departed

april 13 World War II: The discovery of mass graves of Polish prisoners of war killed by Soviet forces in the Katyń Forest Massacre is announced, causing a diplomatic rift between the Polish government-in-exile in London and the Soviet Union, which denies responsibility.
april 13 The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., on the 200th anniversary of President Thomas Jefferson's birth.
april 16 Albert Hofmann accidentally discovers the hallucinogenic effects of the research drug LSD. He intentionally takes the drug three days later on April 19.
april 18 World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U.S. fighters over Bougainville Island.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on January 22

Francis Bacon 1561–1992 Irish painter (born 1909) Alf Ramsey 1920–1999 English footballer and manager (born 1920) August Strindberg 1849–1912 Swedish novelist, poet, and playwright (died 1912) Bill Bixby 1934–1993 American actor and director (died 1993) Bill Durnan 1916–1972 Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1972) Cameron McConville 1974– Australian racing driver and sportscaster Carl F. H. Henry 1913– American theologian and publisher (died 2003) John Wesley Shipp 1955– American actor Ray Rice 1987– American football player

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1858

Cecilie Thoresen Krog 1858–1911 Norwegian women's rights pioneer (died 1911) Charles W. Chesnutt 1858– American novelist and short story writer (died 1932) Ellen Willmott 1858–1934 English horticulturalist (died 1934) Emmeline Pankhurst 1858–1928 English political activist and suffragist (died 1928) John L. Sullivan 1858–1918 American boxer (born 1858) Marion Talbot 1858– influential American educator (died 1948) Stewart Culin 1858– American ethnographer and author (died 1929) Take Ionescu 1858– Romanian politician, diplomat, journalist and lawyer (died 1922)

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