'For the Glorious Privilege of Being Independent': Friendly Societies and Mutual Aid in Great Britain, 1870--1910
Prom, Christopher J.
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Description
Title
'For the Glorious Privilege of Being Independent': Friendly Societies and Mutual Aid in Great Britain, 1870--1910
Author(s)
Prom, Christopher J.
Issue Date
2004
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Arnstein, Walter L.
Department of Study
History
Discipline
History
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Sociology, Public and Social Welfare
Language
eng
Abstract
"The friendly society movement died a slow death. The movement's leaders were ill-prepared to defend their principles when the 1908 Old Age Pensions Act and 1911 National Insurance Act circumscribed their role. In 1946, they found themselves completely unable to counter the Attlee government's plan to eliminate their role as ""approved"" insurance providers under the National Insurance Act, and they faded into near irrelevance thereafter."
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