Tag: GRO0245

Ladies of Birmingham; This subject furnishes Miss Sarah Tooley for a second paper in the “Women at Home”. She speaks this month of Mrs. Herbert Chamberlain, an active politician and for four years president of the Birmingham Women’s Liberal Unionist Association; of Mrs. Osler, who is an able speaker amongst the women on the Liberal side; Mrs. Harry Edmunds, founder of the Birmingham and Midland Counties Needlework Guild; Mrs. Ellen Pinsent, author of “Jenny’s Case,” Miss Dale of the Birmingham School Board, and Miss Kenward, the secretary and founder of the “Girls’ Letter Guild,” and also now a member of the school board. … … Apropos of her best-known novel, Mrs. Pinsent relates that she “had a very amusing letter sent by a person representing a branch of the “Girls’ Friendly Society” saying that if the story was a true one it would be an admirable book for associates to read, but if it was a mere idle piece of fiction, it should not be recommended.”

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

The “Women at Home” for February had a continuation of its account of “Ladies of Birmingham” describing, with portraits, Mrs. Herbert Chamberlain, Mrs. Alfred Osler, Mrs. Harry Edmunds, Mrs. E. F. Pinsent, Miss Dale, and Mrs. Kenward.

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

“Ladies of Birmingham:” … Mrs. Ellen F. Pinsent is described as the only woman novelist in Birmingham. Her fame started with her “first and only” book “Jenny’s Case,” which was published two years ago. She was born at the village of Claxby, in Lincolnshire. From early years she was a great reader, and the knowledge thus obtained enabled her to make “many attempts” at stories and sketches, but “Jenny’s case” was the first story she completed. An interesting account of that volume is given … …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

The “Woman at Home” for February has a continuation of its account of “Ladies of Birmingham” describing with portraits, Mrs. Herbert Chamberlain, Mrs. Alfred Osler, Mrs. Harry Edmunds, Mrs. E. F. Pinsent, Miss Dale. and Miss Kenward.

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

A largely attended meeting of the Birmingham and Midlands Women’s Liberal Unionist Association was held in the Assembly Hall, 29 Edmund Street, on Monday evening, to listen to an address by Mrs. Hume Pinsent on “The limitation by law of the hours of labour.” Mrs. Willoughby Wade, president of the association, occupied the chair. Mrs. Pinsent expressed herself in hearty sympathy with Mr. Chamberlain in his view on an Eight Hour Bill for Miners, and also in his desire to bring about shorter hours for shop assistants and pointed out that while these reforms would beneficially affect the hard-working classes of the population, they would in no way interfere with the comfort and convenience of the public. …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Birmingham and Midlands Women’s Liberal Unionist Association: On Monday evening a very largely attended meeting of the above associate was held in the Assembly Hall, 39 Edmund Street, to listen to an address from Mrs. Hume Pinsent on “The Limitation by Law of the Hours of Labour”. Mrs. Willoughby Wade, president of the association took the chair and among those present were Mrs. Hallwright, Mrs. W. H. Ryland, Miss Jenkyn Brown, Miss Martin, Mrs. Phelps, Miss Moseley, Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Steele and Mrs. Farrow (hon. sec.). Mrs. Pinsent expressed herself in hearty sympathy with Mr. Chamberlain in his views on an eight hours bill for miners and also in his desire to bring about shorter hours for shop assistants, and pointed out that while these reforms would beneficially affect the hard working classes of the population, they would in no way interfere with the comfort and convenience of the public. A discussion followed and hearty votes of thanks to Mrs. Pinsent and Mrs. W. Wade closed the proceedings.

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Spilsby: … The Recent Fashionable Marriage: Last week we published a report on the marriage of our Vicar with Miss Walls, in accordance with our promise we now append the particulars of the presents: … (list includes) … Mrs. Robert Parker, sugar spoons, Miss Hume Pincent, copper flower stand …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949 (?)
 

Now Ready at all the Libraries: Jenny’s Case: By Ellen F. Pinsent, Two Vols:

(three reviews: from Scotsman, Glasgow Herald and Daily Chronicle).

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949
 

Jenny’s Case: By Ellen F. Pinsent: Third Review (Daily Chronicle): “’Jenny’s Case’ was similar to that of “Tess of the D’Urberville’s” and in one respect the author’s treatment of it is more original than Mr. Hardy’s. The story is told with extreme directness and simplicity, and with quite unaffected and unmanufactured pathos. We believe this is Mrs. Pinsent’s first novel. Everyone who reads it will hope that it will not be her last, though she will find it hard to beat”.  … Fifth Review: (Literary World): “Displays tender sympathy with and true appreciation of the shrewd and hard, yet easily love-led nature of the English peasant, The lesson of self-respect and prudence, which is so well taught in this sad story of temptation and weakness, should be widely circulated amongst the class to which the heart-broken little heroine and her betrayer belong.” [two of five reviews from other papers]

[see similar in Pall Mall Gazette: Thursday 20^th October 1892]

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949
 

If Mrs. E. F. Pinsent be, as we suspect, a new writer, she is to be congratulated upon the first fruits of her endeavour. “Jenny’s Case” (London: Sonnenschein) is an honest and satisfactory piece of work and suffers nothing from the author’s strict observance of the conventional laws of form. The story is no more than the tale of the rustic girl who loves too well, and suffers the common penalty of her kind … (continues) … … The policeman marries respectably: and the end of it all is a murder in a spinney – a murder which the most inferior novelist could not have failed to imagine, but which is justified by the preceding facts of Mrs. Pinsent’s narrative. But its plot is not the sole virtue of Jenny’s Case. The characters, and especially the minor characters, are rightly conceived and act in accord with logic and probability. … The dialect hails from the North Midlands and may trouble the casual reader: yet even here Mrs. Pinsent has been at pains to work off the effect of absolute realism. … (continues) …  …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949