Although Mrs. Dixon did not follow up her own successful effort to get on the register by offering herself as a candidate for the Birmingham City Council, she has opened up the way for others in the Midland city, and we now have the satisfaction of noting that Mrs. Hume Pinsent has been returned for the Edgbaston ward. Mrs. Pinsent’s name and work are widely known. She first made her name by a short and striking story entitled “Jenny’s Case.” Now for many years she has been one of the moving spirits among the band of reformers who desired to amend the law with regard to the treatment of the mentally defective. It will be remembered that she was a member of the Royal Commission the Care of the Feeble-Minded and she has delivered speeches on the subject before many assemblies, including the Church Congress.
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949