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Unceasing War on Poverty : Beatrice & Sidney Webb and their World, Paperback / softback Book

Unceasing War on Poverty : Beatrice & Sidney Webb and their World Paperback / softback

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This engaging biography of Sidney and Beatrice Webb, ‘Unceasing War on Poverty’, takes the reader into the world of the Webbs, the remarkable couple who changed Britain, inspiring a generation to fight for a better society. Born in the 1850s, they came from very different backgrounds.

They married in 1892 - but only after Beatrice had previously experienced a long, unhappy relationship.

Their fifty-year partnership produced books and reports rather than children.

Many of the reforms the Webbs demanded were enacted after their deaths.

The hated Poor Law was abolished, and a National Health Service was established, transforming millions of lives.

Michael Ward’s fascinating book details their methods: meticulous research, private persuasion and hospitality, barnstorming public campaigning, and hard political organisation.

They created and shaped institutions - the Fabian Society, the London School of Economics, and the ‘New Statesman’ - which flourish to this day.

Their work is central to understanding change in twentieth century British politics and society.

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