Dame Ellen Frances Pinsent DBE (née Parker; 26 March 1866 – 10 October 1949) was a British mental health worker, and first female member of Birmingham City Council.
[7] She stood down from the council in October 1913 upon appointment as commissioner on the Board of Control for Lunacy and Mental Deficiency.
[1] Pinsent also wrote fiction, including the novels Jenny's Case, No Place for Repentance, Job Hildred, and Children of this World.
[1] Dame Ellen Pinsent died in 1949, aged 83 years, and her funeral was held in Wootton, Staffordshire.
[5] The Dame Ellen Pinsent Special Primary School (for children with learning disabilities) in Birmingham is named after her.