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(Martha) Beatrice Webb (née Potter), Lady Passfield (1858-1943), Social reformer and diarist

Sitter in 76 portraits
The author of The Co-operative Movement in Britain (1891) and Factory Acts (1901), Beatrice Webb was, with her husband Sidney, a driving force in socialist intellectual circles at the turn of the century and, like Shaw, a prominent member of the Fabian Society. Among their joint publications are English Local Government (9 volumes, 1906-29) and Soviet Communism: A new Civilization? (1935).

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(Martha) Beatrice Webb (née Potter), Lady Passfield

by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, 1930s
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P1292(23)

Hill Farm

by Unknown photographer
vintage print, 28 June 1930
NPG P1292(23)

P1292(82)

(Martha) Beatrice Webb (née Potter), Lady Passfield

by Unknown photographer
matte bromide print, 1930s
NPG P1292(82)

P1292(88)

(Martha) Beatrice Webb (née Potter), Lady Passfield

by Unknown photographer
matte bromide print, 1930s
NPG P1292(88)

P1292(55)

(Martha) Beatrice Webb (née Potter), Lady Passfield

by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, mid 1930s
NPG P1292(55)

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