Beatrice Webb
English sociologist, economist, socialist, and social reformer (1858-1943) · Academics · Died at 85
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.
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Sidney (left, seated) and Beatrice Webb (second right, seated) with Beatrice's sister Margaret Hobhouse, née Potter, (third left, seated) and Margaret's family; circa 1900
Beatrice and Sidney Webb working together in 1895
Chalk drawing of Beatrice Webb by Jessie Holiday, circa 1909
Beatrice and Sidney Webb during their trip to the Soviet Union in 1932
Beatrice and Sidney Webb at Passfield, c. 1923
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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.
