Pioneered by Eleanor Rathbone, specified in the 1942 Beveridge Report, Family Allowances were introduced in a 1945 Act of Parliament and came into operation in 1946. It was the first time that a family received any payment for children. It has been the subject of political battles off and on ever since.
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Family allowances
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Eleanor Rathbone
Eleanor Rathbone, 1872-1946, pioneer of family allowances, lived here. Greate...
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Rev. R. Henley
Administrator of the Putney Pest House Charity, 1862. Â Listed as "The Hon. and Revd. R. Henley - Incumbent" on the Pest House plaque. Â Vicar of St Mary's Putney in 1886.
2 memorials
Turning Point
From the Picture source website: "Turning Point is a social enterprise, focused on improving lives and communities. Any surplus profit is used to provide the best services in the right locations fo...
1 memorial
Owen Gordon, SBSTJ
Appointed as Serving Brother in 1983. The date of birth given on the memorial is 19XX.
1 memorial
Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton (1st Baronet)
MP, brewer, slave abolitionist and social reformer. Born Essex. Entered the Brick Lane brewery Truman, Hanbury & Company in 1808, eventually taking on sole ownership. 1807 married Hannah Gurney...
3 memorials
Eleanor Rathbone
Politician and social reformer. Born Eleanor Florence Rathbone at 14 Prince's Gardens, according to the ODNB, our trusted source; others say Liverpool. She made an extensive study of the position o...
2 memorials
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