- Barbara Drake
Barbara Drake (
3 October 1876 -19 July 1963 ) was a member of theFabian Society and trade unionist.She was born in
London in 1867 to a well off family living inKnightsbridge . In 1900 she married thesolicitor Bernard H. Drake. They had no children.Active in the
Women's Industrial Council , she conducted an enquiry into the position of the "tea-shop girl".Her 1920 book, "
Women in Trade Unions " was an influential work produced by her under the auspices of theLabour Research Department and the Fabian Women's Group.She was the niece of
Beatrice Webb .ee also
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Beatrice Webb Bibliography
The following is a non-exhaustive list of the
book s,booklet s,pamphlet s and tracts produced by Barbara Drake.* 1917 "Women in the Engineering Trades"
* 1920 "Women in Trade Unions "
* 1924 "Staffing in Public Elementary Schools"
* 1933 "Starvation in the Midst of Plenty"
* 1936 "Technical Education"
* 1937 "State Education; an Immediate Programme for a Socialist Government"
* 1942 "Community Feeding in Wartime"
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