Local Government: Mrs. Hume Pinsent and Claims of Married Women: The women’s Local Government Society held a public meeting in Caxton Hall, Westminster yesterday, in support of Dr. Shipman’s Local Government Qualification Bill, whereby a residential qualification for candidature for county and town councils will suffice as it now does for all other Local Government bodies. … Mrs. Hume Pinsent (Birmingham Education Committee) seconded, remarking that women had done valuable work in Birmingham on the School Board and as Guardians, and the Lord Mayor and some of the aldermen and councilors had expressed regret that the recent legislation did not enable married women to secure seats on the county and borough council. There ought to be only one qualification for public service – capacity to serve. The speaker declared that the conditions of insane women and children would be greatly ameliorated if there were one capable woman on every asylum committee of the country (applause). She believed that the presence of women on councils would lead to the careful attention to detail which was so necessary to secure good and economical management (applause.)
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949