Caroline DeCamp Benn (1926-2000): author, teacher and socialist
FORUM - ISSN 0963-8253
Volume 67 Number 1 (2025)
Caroline DeCamp Benn (1926-2000): author, teacher and socialist
Jane Martin pages 82‑91
DOI: 10.3898/forum.2025.67.1.08
Abstract
This article is based on a talk given by Jane Martin at the House of Commons on 12 November 2024 presenting the life and work of educationalist Caroline Benn (née DeCamp), 1926-2000. The American wife of Tony Benn (1925-2014), one of the most influential postwar socialists in Europe, Caroline was internationally known for her advocacy of comprehensive education. Drawing on Caroline’s archive, this introduction to a larger biographical study suggests why her experience merits close investigation, and that telling her story opens the way to recognition of the kind of change needed in schools and the wider education system to secure equality of outcome and a more democratic society.
To cite this article
Jane Martin (2025) Caroline DeCamp Benn (1926-2000): author, teacher and socialist, FORUM, 67(1), 82-91 . https://doi.org/10.3898/forum.2025.67.1.08