Birmingham Education Committee: Tribute to Mrs. Hume Pinsent: A meeting of the Birmingham Education Committee was held this afternoon at the Council House, Alderman Sir George Kenrick, chairman, presiding. The Lord Mayor (Lieutenant-Colonel E. Martineau) distributed the certificates to the winners of the major and minor scholarships and also the Fallows history prizes. The chairman announced a letter from the Town Clerk stating that Mrs. Pinsent had resigned her seat on the City Council, and therefore on the Education Committee, and took that opportunity to say something as to the deep personal feeling entertained towards her for the work she had done. After the passing of the Elementary Education (Blind and Deaf Children) Act, 1893 the Special Schools Committee was formed, and Mrs. Pinsent went on the committee, and after three years was appointed chairman. She had also served on various other committees. She had given most unwearied care and attention to the work of the Special Schools Committee which at times had seriously affected her health. Mrs. threw herself into the work and attracted so much attention that she was appointed a member The. Royal Commission, and in that capacity, she travelled abroad, and she had proved a most valuable member of that Commission. Sir George Kenrick also spoke her share in the movement which culminated in Monyhull Colony. Others who paid tribute to Mrs. Pinsent’s work and character were Councillor Herrick, Alderman Jephcott, and Mrs. George Cadbury, who specially referred to her work on the Hygiene Committee.
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949