Beatrice Webb
1858 - 1943
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Biography
Beatrice Webb was a British sociologist, economist, and social reformer. Alongside her husband, Sidney Webb, she co-founded the Fabian Society, a prominent socialist organization in the United Kingdom. Webb played a key role in advocating for social welfare reforms and was a leading figure in the development of the British welfare state. Her contributions to the field of sociology and economics have had a lasting impact on social policy and social reform.
Famous Quotes (5)
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A promise by the State to make provision for the compulsory insurance of all wage earners for sickness is a very old controversy.
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The true criterion of the practical, therefore, is not whether the latter can keep intact the wrong or foolish; rather is it whether the scheme has vitality enough to leave the foolish for the selection of the future.
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The moment I was on the platform, I could hardly speak. I could hardly see, but I saw a vision so clear of the way by which we could get the principle passed that I lost my nervousness.
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The problem of the treatment of my husband is not a personal grievance. It is a grave public issue.
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Democracy without social well-being brings peril; social well-being without democracy begets tyranny.