Janet Philip
Janet Philip | |
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| Born | 26 November 1876 |
| Died | 25 April 1959 (aged 82) |
| Education | High School of Dundee |
| Alma mater | University of St Andrews |
| Employer | London School for Economics (LSE) |
| Known for | Beveridge Report |
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Janet Thomson Philip OBE (26 November 1876 – 25 April 1959), known as Jessy Philip, Jessy Mair and later Janet Beveridge, was a member of the third cohort of female students to study at the University of St Andrews and was School Secretary at the London School for Economics (LSE) from 1920 to 1939. She took a role in producing and promoting the Beveridge Report that her husband William Beveridge had been commissioned to write by the Churchill war ministry Labour-Conservative coalition government.