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Webb , (Martha) Beatrice , 1858-1943 , wife of 1st Baron Passfield , social reformer and historian
Webb , Sidney James , 1859-1947 , 1st Baron Passfield , social reformer and historian
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Beatrice and Sidney Webb pooled their respective talents into writing joint works on economic and social issues. They spent 25 years researching and writing their nine-volume English Local Government from the Reformation to the Municipal Corporations Act (Longmans and Co, 1906-1929, and produced other relevant works on the poor law and social relief. For a biographical history of Sidney and Beatrice Webb, see the description for the Passfield personal papers (Ref: Passfield).