Wow, Millicent Fawcett cast a long shadow!  I had had no idea.

Another noted feminist male was the playwright G.B.S. (Pygmalion, Man and
Superman, etc.). It is less well known that GBS was quite a deep economist.
He actually hired Philip Wicksteed to tutor him in marginal analysis, then
produced a brilliant essay, "Bluffing the Value Theory" (1889), which would
do credit to any economist. Well, almost any: Shaw's stated purpose was to
free Fabians from the coils of Marxist dogmatics, so one doubts if they
liked it.

Mason Gaffney

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Very interesting, Thanks Mason.

Some additional information which Mason's post provoked in my memories: the
Womens Library was founded in 1927 by Millicent Fawcett as the Library of
the London Society for Women’s Service, the successor of the London Women’s
Suffrage Organisation which she led. It think it is more popularly known as
the Fawcett Library.

	http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary/about/ourhistory.cfm 

Here is a description from the site. 

"The Women's Library exists to document and explore the past, present and
future lives of women in Britain and houses the most extensive resource for
women's history in the UK.
The Women's Library was originally established in 1926, as the Library of
the London Society for Women's Service, the successor of the London women's
suffrage organisation led by Millicant[sic] Fawcett. Its first home was a
converted pub in Marsham Street, Westminster. Vera Douie, appointed in 1926,
was the first librarian of the Women's Service Library, and she managed and
developed the collections until her retirement in 1967. In 1953 both the
Society and the Library were renamed in honour of Millicent Fawcett.
The Fawcett Society ran the Library until 1977, when it moved to City
Polytechnic, later known as London Guildhall University, and now part of
London Metropolitan University.

"Until 2001, the collections were housed in a basement which was prone to
flooding. In order to secure the long-term future of the collections,
provide space for expansion and modern research facilities for users, the
University sought funding for a new home for the collections. In 1998 the
Heritage Lottery Fund awarded a grant of £4.2 million to purchase the site
of the old East End wash houses and build a new centre to house the
collections. The Women's Library was renamed and moved into its new
purpose-built home in 2002.

"The Women's Library today incorporates a Reading Room for the consultation
of printed materials, archives, and museum collections, an exhibitions hall,
and education and events facilities. It aims to inspire learning and debate
on issues that concern women for the benefit of all and is an
internationally renowned resource, available to everyone, for women's
history research.”

A

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Publisher: U Press of the Pacific
Here is the blurb from Amazon

“Publication Date: April 22, 2004 
Millicent Garrett Fawcett (1847-1929) was the author of the 1870 Political
Economy for Beginners, a brief but wildly successful book. It set a
contemporary record as a principles textbook for students, running through
ten editions in 41 years. A vigorous promoter of education for women, she
helped set up Newham College for women at Cambridge. In 1865 she heard a
speech on women's rights made by John Stuart Mill, who deeply impressed her
and she became one of his many loyal supporters.”

An early reference to Fawcett is in H. George, Progress and Poverty.