The Lady Passfield | |
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 Portrait of Webb, 1894 | |
| Born | Martha Beatrice Potter 22 January 1858 Gloucestershire, England |
| Died | 30 April 1943 (aged 85) Liphook, Hampshire, England |
| Occupation(s) | Sociologist, economist |
| Spouse | |
| Parent(s) | Richard Potter Laurencina Heyworth |
| Family | Catherine Courtney (sister) Sir Stafford Cripps (nephew) Barbara Drake (niece) Kitty Muggeridge (niece) |
Martha Beatrice Webb, Baroness Passfield, FBA (née Potter; 22 January 1858 – 30 April 1943) 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. Additionally, she authored several popular books, with her most notable being The Cooperative Movement in Great Britain and Industrial Democracy, co-authored by her husband Sidney Webb, where she coined the term "collective bargaining" as a way to discuss the negotiation process between an employer and a labor union.[1][2] 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.[3]
- ^ "A Timeline of Events in Modern American Labor Relations". Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (United States). Archived from the original on 2 August 2010. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
1891: The term 'collective bargaining' is first used by Mrs. Sidney Webb, a British labor historian.
- ^ Hameed, Syed M. A. "A Theory of Collective Bargaining." Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, vol. 25, no. 3, 1970, pp. 531–51". JSTOR. Archived from the original on 29 February 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ Caine, Barbara (1982). "Beatrice Webb and the 'Woman Question'". History Workshop. 14: 23–43. Archived from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.