Eva Hubback
Eva Marian Hubback (13 April 1886 – 15 July 1949) was an English feminist and an early advocate of birth control and eugenics.[1]
Early life
Eva Marian Spielmann was born on 13 April 1886, daughter of Sir Meyer Spielmann (1856–1936).
She was educated at
Career
Hubback became involved in the women's suffrage movement, campaigning with Eleanor Rathbone.[1] From 1918 to 1927 she was Parliamentary Secretary, and later President of the National Union for Equal Citizenship, which successfully campaigned for reforms to the laws affecting the rights of women and children.[2] She became Principal of
From 1946 to 1948, Hubback represented
Legacy
Hubback's daughter Diana Hopkinson would become a memoirist, best known for her autobiography The Incense Tree.[7] While an autobiography, the book serves as a key work on the life of conservative anti-Nazi campaigner and conspirator Adam von Trott,[8] with whom she may have engaged in a love affair.[9] Hopkinson also authored a biography of her mother.
Bibliography
- Kenneth M. Lindsay, Ernest Darwin Simon (sir.) (1939). Education for citizenship in elementary schools: issued by the Association for education in citizenship. [Forewords by the Earl Baldwin of Bewdley and Kenneth M. Lindsay. Preface by E. D. Simon and Eva M. Hubback.] Oxford University press.)
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- Eva M. Hubback (1945). Population facts and policies. Pub. for British Social Hygiene Council by G. Allen & Unwin.
- Lord Beveridgeand a new chapter on The family allowances movement 1924–1947, by Eva M. Hubback. Allen and Unwin.
- Eva Marian Spielman Hubback (1947). The population of Britain. Penguin Books.
Further reading
- Diana Hopkinson (1954). Family inheritance: a life of Eva Hubback. Staples Press.
References
- ^ PMC 2974257.
- ^ ISBN 0-7130-0177-1.
- ^ "Casualty Details | CWGC".
- ^ "Jane Austin". RootsWeb. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
- ^ a b "Hubback; Eva Marian (1886–1949); social reformer, feminist and Principal of Morley College". The Women's Library. London School of Economics. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
- ISBN 0-521-89360-7.
- ISBN 9780710062369.
- ISBN 978-94-012-0157-5, retrieved 10 January 2024
- ^ "My von Trott was fiction, but not to his lover » 16 Jun 2007 » The Spectator Archive". The Spectator Archive. Retrieved 10 January 2024.