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What is the difference between squalor and want ??. Do they both mean poverty??. Thanks in advance.
There should be a disambiguation page distinguishing this William Beveridge from the other William Beveridge who was a bishop in the Church of England. Obviously Bishop Beveridge also needs his own page.-- 132.206.203.3 20:52, 7 July 2006 (UTC)cp
This article about Baron Beveridge is shabby at best. I will try to systematically update it over the next few days. Mornington 16:56, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
Some days ago, I added "eugenicist" to the introduction of William Beveridge along with "progressive" and "social reformer", which unfortunately started an edit war with User:DuncanHill. I have now gained more familiarity with editing Wikipedia, so I'm raising it here.
In the article section about eugenics, it is stated that "Beveridge was a member of the Eugenics Society, which promoted the study of methods to 'improve' the human race by controlling reproduction.[15][16][17] In 1909, he proposed that men who could not work should be supported by the state "but with complete and permanent loss of all citizen rights – including not only the franchise but civil freedom and fatherhood..."On the day the House of Commons met to debate the Beveridge Report in 1943, its author slipped out of the gallery early in the evening to address a meeting of the Eugenics Society at the Mansion House. ... His report he was keen to reassure them, was eugenic in intent and would prove so in effect."
While I think it is disputed whether someone trying to have people unable to work stripped of their rights can rightly be called a progressive, I understand the criteria were of course different in 1909. However, the eugenics movement was a significant part of the first half of the 20th century, and Beveridge seems to have been a strong architect and/or proponent of said movement. I think, to create a more balanced article, that we should mention eugenics in the introduction. It is not adding new information - simply highlighting an important fact. -- Cat Elevator ( talk) 13:28, 13 May 2019 (UTC)
Socialist Project about eugenics and William Beveridge -- Cat Elevator ( talk) 17:28, 13 May 2019 (UTC)
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What is the difference between squalor and want ??. Do they both mean poverty??. Thanks in advance.
There should be a disambiguation page distinguishing this William Beveridge from the other William Beveridge who was a bishop in the Church of England. Obviously Bishop Beveridge also needs his own page.-- 132.206.203.3 20:52, 7 July 2006 (UTC)cp
This article about Baron Beveridge is shabby at best. I will try to systematically update it over the next few days. Mornington 16:56, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
Some days ago, I added "eugenicist" to the introduction of William Beveridge along with "progressive" and "social reformer", which unfortunately started an edit war with User:DuncanHill. I have now gained more familiarity with editing Wikipedia, so I'm raising it here.
In the article section about eugenics, it is stated that "Beveridge was a member of the Eugenics Society, which promoted the study of methods to 'improve' the human race by controlling reproduction.[15][16][17] In 1909, he proposed that men who could not work should be supported by the state "but with complete and permanent loss of all citizen rights – including not only the franchise but civil freedom and fatherhood..."On the day the House of Commons met to debate the Beveridge Report in 1943, its author slipped out of the gallery early in the evening to address a meeting of the Eugenics Society at the Mansion House. ... His report he was keen to reassure them, was eugenic in intent and would prove so in effect."
While I think it is disputed whether someone trying to have people unable to work stripped of their rights can rightly be called a progressive, I understand the criteria were of course different in 1909. However, the eugenics movement was a significant part of the first half of the 20th century, and Beveridge seems to have been a strong architect and/or proponent of said movement. I think, to create a more balanced article, that we should mention eugenics in the introduction. It is not adding new information - simply highlighting an important fact. -- Cat Elevator ( talk) 13:28, 13 May 2019 (UTC)
Socialist Project about eugenics and William Beveridge -- Cat Elevator ( talk) 17:28, 13 May 2019 (UTC)