Women Borough Councilors: Experience and Qualifications of Successful Candidates: … … All the women candidates stood as independents with the exception of Mrs. Hume Pinsent, who secured election as a Liberal Unionist, and polled 2,031 votes in the Edgbaston Ward, Birmingham. Mrs. Pinsent’s career has been a very distinguished one. She was the only woman member of the Royal Commission which was appointed to make investigations as to the control and care of the feeble-minded. She has also served on the Birmingham Education Committee for years. … …
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949