Legislation for the Feeble-Minded: … letter from Angela M. James (Hon. Mrs. Bernard James) … includes … The delay in carrying out the Recommendations of the Royal Commission on the Feeble-minded has already been too long – possibly if women had had the vote, it would have been pressed on sooner. As it is, it is largely owing to the strenuous efforts of a small number of women interested in the question that these Bills are now before Parliament—among them are Miss Dendy and Mrs. Pinsent; Miss Kirby, the Secretary of the National Association for the Feeble-minded, and Mrs. Gotto, Hon. Secretary of the Eugenics Education Society, and their work ought to receive the warmest support from all women who wish to improve the lot of these poor creatures, or who think of the future of our race.
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949