Miss Edith Corry
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By the death of Miss Edith Corry, which occurred suddenly on February 3rd, the social services have ?st a devoted voluntary helper. Miss Corry was honorary Librarian of the Eugenics Society for twenty-six years, and she also served on the Council of that body and on its Executive and Library Committees. Her keen interest and the practical experience which she had gained from her other voluntary work with the Charity Organization Society (Family Welfare Association) and, more especially, with the Central Association for Mental Welfare, made her co-operation and advice particularly valuable. At the C.A.M.W. offices she gave three days a week regularly for over thirty years, to the work of indexing and filing records of cases, and her unfailing memory for names and detail was of great assistance to the staff. In spite of failing health towards the end of her life, she never lost her zest and interest in the causes she had at heart, and she continued to attend their meetings with regularity. Her ready wit and her obstinately conservative prejudices failed to conceal a kind heart and an
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دوره 6 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 1946