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Paul Mullen passed away at his home in Savannah, Georgia, on December 24, 2009. Paul had been our graduate student and remained our friend. His sense of humor was legendary: mordant, witty, and always to the point. His untimely death brought to an end a life filled with accomplishment. Paul Mullen had managed to fill his life with several careers. His first career had been as an attorney. As well as working in private practice for several years, he also was Assistant Attorney General for the state of West Virginia. He specialized in labor law and was head of the section in the Attorney General's Office responsible for litigation in that field.

In the three decades before the First World War, the relationship between socialism and feminism was both curious and convoluted. Despite strong theoretical links between these ideologies, class and sex seem to have inspired conflicting loyalties and opposing demands. In Britain, the uniquely middle-class, reform-minded Fabian Society might have been expected to bridge the gap between these movements. Yet, between 1884 and 1914, the Fabian Society's record on the "woman question" was highly inconsistent and, at times, overtly regressive. Originally published in 1987, this title looks at three of the most influential members, Sidney Webb, George Bernard Shaw and Hubert Bland and the women they were married to, who were also active in the Society.

American Fabian socialism was established in what seemed to be propitious circumstances. Its inauguration occurred in a period that had produced a proliferation of populist ideas; it had the example of more than a decade of practice by its English predecessor and model; its leaders included men of capacity and enthusiasm. But in spite of these advantages, American Fabian endured for less than a decade. It is the purpose of this article to examine the development of this movement and to assess the reasons that contributed to the brevity of its existence.