The most important paper from an administrative point of view was that read by Mrs. Hume C. Pinsent, a member of the Birmingham Education Committee, who has given for many years great care and attention to the problem of the mentally defective child. Mrs. Pinsent was a member of the Royal Commission on the Care and Control of the Feeble-Minded: Mrs. Pinsent, referring to the paper she proposed to read, made it quite clear that, in criticizing the results of special schools, she was not criticizing either the teaching of the teachers … (continues) … The following is a digest of the view set forth in Mrs. Pinsent’s paper on the “Results of Special School Education as shown by Evidence and Report of the Royal Commission the Care and control of the feeble-minded” … (continues with an overview of the paper) …
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949