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Barbara Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger, CH (14 April 1897 – 11 July 1988) was a British sociologist and criminologist. [1] She was the first of four women to be appointed as a life peer, entitled to serve in the House of Lords, under the Life Peerages Act 1958, after the names of the holders of the first 14 life peerages to ...
Barbara Wootton was an influential public intellectual, a groundbreaking political figure, and an eloquent humanist. Appointed a vice president of the Ethical Union (now Humanists UK) in 1954, Wootton epitomised the tradition of applying a reasoned, compassionate philosophy to the world at large.
Barbara Wootton, baronne Wootton d'Abinger (14 avril 1897 - 11 juillet 1988) est une sociologue et criminologue britannique. Elle est l'une des quatre premières pairs à vie nommées en vertu de la Life Peerages Act 1958. Elle est présidente de la British Sociological Association de 1959 à 1964.
Hace 5 días · Barbara Wootton was the first woman member of the House of Lords, created on 8 August 1958. She was also the first to chair proceedings, as Deputy Speaker. An expert on sociology, criminology and penal reform, she wrote 15 books and was awarded 13 honorary degrees. She served on four Royal Commissions and was made a Companion of ...
Barbara Wootton was the first woman to be a member of a national policy commission (on national dept and taxation) in 1924. Her work for world peace included being one of four women delegates to the League of Nations World Economic Conference in Geneva in 1927, a founder member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in 1957, and a sponsor of the World Peace Congress in Moscow in 1962.
25 de jun. de 2014 · Read this article. This article briefly surveys the life and work of Barbara Wootton, who made an outstanding contribution to the social sciences and to public life, and to the connection between the two, between the 1920s and 1980s, but is too little remembered now.
Barbara Wootton: eminent, influential and (almost) forgotten social scientist. By Ann Oakley, University College London Institute of Education. Barbara Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger (1897-1988), was a woman of piercing intelligence and extraordinary commitment to both social science and evidence-informed public policy.
