One of the most remarkable speeches at Cambridge last week, was that delivered by Mrs. Hume Pinsent following the opening address on “Heredity and Social Responsibility, with Special Reference to the Feeble-minded” by Dr. G. E. Shuttleworth. This lady, as a member of the Royal Commission on the Care of the Feeble-minded” spoke with the authority conferred by knowledge of actual facts, and with the humanity and pity belonging to her sex. Her conclusions, therefore, are entitled to, nay command, the greatest respect: and this we say not because we have advocated the chief of her reforms, but because it requires great courage and unusual statesmanship for a woman to advocate such a view to such an audience as did this gifted lady. … (very long discussion of her paper and the situation) …
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949