Background
She was the daughter of the Review Richard Parker and his second wife, Elizabeth Coffin.
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Ellen Pinsent
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Career
Pinsent was the first woman elected, on 1 November 1911, to serve on Birmingham City She represented the Edgbaston Ward as a Liberal Unionist. She stood down from the council in October 1913 upon appointment as Commissioner for the Board of Control for Lunacy and Mental Deficiency. The Dame Ellen Pinsent Special Primary School (for children with learning disabilities) in Birmingham is named for her.
Her life and work was chronicled in the book Ellen Pinsent: including the ‘feebleminded’ in Birmingham, 1900–1913.
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Membership
She had earlier been co-opted as a member of the council"s Education Committee and served as Chairman of the Special School Sub-Committee.
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United Kingdom