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Anne Muirhead Mathams FEIS (6 May 1913 – 21 February 2011) was a Scottish educationist, innovator and disability rights activist. ==Family== The elder of two children born to Robert and Annie Mathams, she had a younger brother, John. Her father died in 1924 as a result of injuries sustained during the First World War. Her grandfather was Walter John Mathams, a Church of Scotland minister who wrote the popular children's hymn, "Jesus Friend Of Little Children".〔(Obituary for Anne M. Mathams, FEIS, in ''The Scotsman'' )〕 ==Teaching career (all Edinburgh)== * 1932 - trained at Jersey Ladies College * 1936 - headmistress at Stanwell Nursery * 1939 - headmistress of St Leonards Nursery * 1941 - headmistress of Moray House Nursery * 1948 - headmistress of Westerlea School, established by the Scottish Council for the Care of Spastics (now known as Capability Scotland, of which Mathams was a founder member) ==Affiliations== * Member, Educational Institute of Scotland (1936) * Founder member, Scottish Council for the Care of Spastics; later known as Capability Scotland (1946) * Chair, Nursery School Association (Edinburgh branch) * Fellow, Educational Institute of Scotland (1972; life membership granted in 1979) * Elsie Inglis Award for Lifetime Achievement (2000) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anne Mathams」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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