Eva Marian Hubback (13 April 1886 – 15 July 1949) was an
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feminist and an early advocate of birth control and eugenics.
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Early life
Eva Marian Spielmann was born on 13 April 1886, daughter of Sir Meyer Spielmann (1856–1936).[ Sir Meyer was one of the three surviving sons of the eight children of banker Adam Spielmann (1812–1869), who had emigrated from Schokken (now ]Skoki
Skoki (german: Schokken) is a town in Poland, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Wągrowiec County, with 3,779 inhabitants (December 2004). It is located about 40 km north of Poznań. It is the seat of the administrative district ( gmina) called ...
), near Posen (now Poznan) with his own two brothers. Eva was therefore the niece of the civil engineer turned art-connoisseur Sir Isidore Spielmann
Sir Isidore Spielmann, CMG (London 21 July 1854 – 1925) was a British civil engineer turned art connoisseur, impresario and exhibition organizer.
Early life
Isidore Spielmann was born into a Jewish family in London in 1854, the son of the ...
(1854–1925) as well as the renowned art-critic Marion Spielmann
Marion Harry Alexander Spielmann (London, 22 May 1858 – 1948) was a prolific Victorian art critic and scholar who was the editor of '' The Connoisseur'' and ''Magazine of Art''. Among his voluminous output, he wrote a history of ''Punch'', ...
(1856–1936) and his wife, the children's author Mabel Spielmann (1862–1938). Through them she was related to the great dynasties of Montagu/Samuel and of Sebag-Montefiore.
She was educated at Saint Felix School
Saint Felix School is a 2–18 mixed, independent, day and boarding school in Reydon, Southwold, Suffolk, England. The school was founded in 1897 as a school for girls but is now co-educational.
History
The school was founded in 1897 as a gir ...
, Southwold, Suffolk and Newnham College, Cambridge
Newnham College is a women's constituent college of the University of Cambridge.
The college was founded in 1871 by a group organising Lectures for Ladies, members of which included philosopher Henry Sidgwick and suffragist campaigner Millicen ...
, graduating in 1908 with first class honours in the Economics tripos.[
In February 1911 she married Francis William Hubback (1884–1917). They had three children, Diana, Rachel and David, before her husband died in February 1917 of wounds received in action during ]World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
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She was director of economic studies at Newnham and Girton from 1916 to 1917.][
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Career
Hubback became involved in the women's suffrage
Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections. Beginning in the start of the 18th century, some people sought to change voting laws to allow women to vote. Liberal political parties would go on to grant women the right to vot ...
movement, campaigning with Eleanor Rathbone.[
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.][
She became Principal of Morley College for Working Men and Women in 1927, succeeding ]Barbara Wootton
Barbara Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger, CH (14 April 1897 – 11 July 1988) was a British sociologist and criminologist. She was the first of four women to be appointed as a life peer, entitled to serve in the House of Lords, under the ...
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In 1929 she joined the ]Eugenics Society
Eugenics ( ; ) is a fringe set of beliefs and practices that aim to improve the genetic quality of a human population. Historically, eugenicists have attempted to alter human gene pools by excluding people and groups judged to be inferior or ...
, becoming a Fellow in 1931, member of the council in 1932 and member of the executive committee in 1934.[
She assisted in establishing the ]Townswomen's Guild
Members representing their Federation at the 2009 AGM in Birmingham
The Townswomen's Guild (TG) is a British women's organisation. There are approximately 30,000 members, 706 branches and 77 Federations throughout England, Scotland, Wales and N ...
in 1930.[
Eva Hubback, ]Shena Simon
Shena Dorothy Simon (21 October 1883 – 17 July 1972) was an English politician, feminist, educationalist and writer.
Early years
Shena Dorothy Potter was born on 21 October 1883, daughter of John Wilson Potter and Jane Boyd Potter.
She had a ...
and Ernest Simon co-founded the Association for Education in Citizenship in 1933.[
She became secretary of this association, and chairman of the Family Endowment Society.][
From 1946 to 1948, Hubback represented Kensington North on the ]London County Council
London County Council (LCC) was the principal local government body for the County of London throughout its existence from 1889 to 1965, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected. It covered the area today kno ...
, elected on the Labour Party platform.
She died on 15 July 1949.[
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1886 births
1949 deaths
English feminists
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