Tag: GRO0245

Mrs. Pinsent, of Birmingham, caused a sensation at the Association of Municipal Corporations’ meeting in London. She is the first lady elected to represent a municipality at such a gathering, for it was not until the passing of the Act of four years ago that women could become members of municipal corporations and thus secure election to the association. Mrs. Pinsent signalized her accession to the association by a well-reasoned address on the subject of putting into force the recommendation of the Royal Commission on the Care and Control of the Feeble-minded, of which she herself was a member, and she speedily convinced her hearers of the need for immediate action.

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Municipal Corporations Association: Mrs. Pinsent’s Motion: The Lord Mayor London opened this morning the annual meeting of the Association of Municipal Corporations at the Guildhall. Mrs. Pinsent (Birmingham), the first lady to attend the meetings of the Association delegate, moved a resolution calling for the introduction of legislation to deal with the feeble-minded. She declared that at least 10 percent of the “ins and outs” in the prisons, short sentence prisoners, were feeble-minded, and she thought that prison detention was both an inhuman and expensive method dealing with them. The motion was carried unanimously.

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

After-Care of the Feeble-Minded: … … “Borderland” Cases: Dr. Helen Boyle’s paper on ” Borderland cases were able and incisive. She quoted Mrs. Pinsent who has pointed out that those among the rank of the unemployed who are found on investigation to be unemployable are largely recruited from physically and mentally defective stock. It has been shown over and over again that although offspring of the mentally defective do not always inherit mental defects, the mentally defective parent invariably fails to bring up his or her children to be good citizens. Such children, even when not defective, almost invariably become criminals or paupers. … (continues) … 

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Leamington Education Committee: … … In moving the adoption of the report, Councillor Holloway said that with regard to a letter from Mrs. Pinsent, with reference to the control of feeble-minded children, he might state that the Medical Officer was not going around all the schools examining all children who were more or less feeble-minded, and that when these enquiries were completed the Director would bring up a report. Meanwhile, the Attendance Sub-Committee was dealing with these cases one by one in a most satisfactory way, children being sent to proper institutions when necessary and possible.

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

The care of the Feeble Minded: The annual meeting of the St. Pancras Women’s Local Government Association was held on Tuesday evening in the Y.M.C.A. Hall, Camden Road … A most interesting lecture with diagrams, was given by Mrs. Pinsent on “The care of the feeble minded” Mrs. Pinsent drew particular attention to the enormous cost to the nation of the present inadequate provision of Government for care of the feeble minded, and the danger to the future welfare of the country by allowing them to produce large families, the members of which were also invariably feeble-minded, with criminal tendencies … (continues at length) …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

The arrangements for the First International Eugenics Congress, which is to be held at the University of London, July 24-30, are now being made. Mrs. Gotto is the hon. Secretary, and the following women are members of the general committee: … (list includes) … Mrs. E. F. Pinsent …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Special Schools Sub-Committee: The Special Schools Sub-committee reports that in order to provide suitable education and training for mentally defective children resident in the King Norton district, it proposed to open a special school in the temporary school premise at Fashoda Road immediately after the Easter Holidays. …. (continues) … The report which was presented by Mrs. Hume Pinsent was adopted. …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Marylebone: On Sunday Mrs. Pinsent (Royal Commission) lectured to a full audience on “The Care and Control of the Feeble Minded.” The lecture illustrated her points by means of charts. See Advt.

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

 Rd., W., on Sun. Feb. 25, at 11.30 a.m., Economic Class: At 3.0 p.m., Socialist Sunday School: At 8 p.m., Mrs. Pinsent (Royal Commissioner) “The Care and Control of the Feeble Minded:” Wed. Feb. 28, at 8.30 p.m., Adult Suffrage Meeting, Speaker, D. Marion Phillips.

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949