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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

'For the Glorious Privilege of Being Independent': Friendly Societies and Mutual Aid in Great Britain, 1870--1910

Abstract

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"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."

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
History
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2015

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Prom, Christopher J.
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Arnstein, Walter L.

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
eng

Identifiers

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Identifier
(MiAaPQ)AAI3131009
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/84659

Chain of custody

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University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
Base URL
www.ideals.illinois.edu/oai-pmh
Last updated
2026-07-22
Source record
OAI-PMH GetRecord
citation

Prom, Christopher J.. 'For the Glorious Privilege of Being Independent': Friendly Societies and Mutual Aid in Great Britain, 1870--1910. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/84659